 Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of our heavy task was done When the clock struck the hour for retiring;...  The Port Folio - Strona 2591817Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | Cam river - 1841 - Liczba stron: 318
...suprema, torum ; Glebam insultabunt hostes, reputamus, in illam, Dum sequimur reduci nos freta longa via. Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; But little he'll reck, if they'll let him sleep on, In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half... | |
 | Old Humphrey - 1842 - Liczba stron: 366
...him. ' Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we stedfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought...that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him, But little he '11 reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. ' But half of... | |
 | 1842 - Liczba stron: 480
...dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollow'd his narrow bed, ' And smooth'd down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger...gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him; But nothing he 'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of our heavy... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - 1842 - Liczba stron: 352
...smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head And we far awav on the billow. Lightly they'll talk of the spirit...that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Brilon has laid him. But half of our... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1849 - Liczba stron: 316
...pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we, far away on the billow. 5. Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And...o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; But nothing he'll reek, if they let him sleep on, In the grave where his comrades have laid him. 6. No useless coffin... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1842 - Liczba stron: 440
...bed, And smooth'd down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; — But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of our... | |
 | John Sydney Taylor - 1843 - Liczba stron: 568
...dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollow'd his narrow bed, And smooth'd down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger...And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; But nothing he'U reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of our heavy... | |
 | Readings - 1843 - Liczba stron: 466
...lonely pillow, The foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow I Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him, But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on, In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - Liczba stron: 320
...and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we, far away o'er the billow. Lightly they'll speak of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him; But little he'll reck if they let him sleep on In the grave where his comrades have laid him. 20* Not the... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - 1843 - Liczba stron: 324
...the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we, far away o'er the billow. 6. Lightly they'll speak of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on, In the grave where his comrades have laid him. 7. Not... | |
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