 | William Sherwood - 1856 - Liczba stron: 466
...the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought...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... | |
 | Collection - 1856 - Liczba stron: 120
...gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollow'd his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow,...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... | |
 | Edward Hayes - 1856 - Liczba stron: 396
...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...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 Viim. But half of our heavy... | |
 | Honor - 1856 - Liczba stron: 94
...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...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... | |
 | Edward Hayes (collector of ballads) - 1856 - Liczba stron: 442
...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...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... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1856 - Liczba stron: 474
...we said,3 And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead,3 And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought,...stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on tha billow ! Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him, —... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1856 - Liczba stron: 518
...thought of the morrow.3 We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow,4 That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his...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... | |
 | English poetry - 1857 - Liczba stron: 334
...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 of the morrow. We thought,...o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on, 126 But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock struck the... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1857 - Liczba stron: 428
...the prayers we said. And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought,...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... | |
 | John George Hodgins - 1857 - Liczba stron: 230
...the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead. And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought...Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er hin cold a-hes upbraid him ; But nothing he'll reck, if they'll let him sleep on In the grave where... | |
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But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the... 
