 | English poetry - 1844 - Liczba stron: 108
...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,...tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow ! they '11 talk of the spirit that '3 gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; But little he '11... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1845 - Liczba stron: 482
...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 Frost - 1845 - Liczba stron: 458
...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 task... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - Liczba stron: 558
...bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollow'd his narrow bod, And smooth'd down his lonelv pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread...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 Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - Liczba stron: 464
...wo'rd of sor"row ; But we steadfastly ga'zed on the face of the d'ead, And we bi'tterly tho'ught-of the mor'row. We tho'ught (as we hollowed his narrow...would tread o'er his h'ead, And w'e far aw'ay/ on the biriow. Lig'htly they'll talk of the spi'rit/ that's g'one, And o'er his cold a'shes/ upbraid h'im... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - Liczba stron: 540
...we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; 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... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1842 - Liczba stron: 316
...sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. 4. We thought as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed...tread o'er his head, And we, far away on the billow. fy Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; But nothing... | |
 | Anthony Hamilton (of the 43rd Light Infantry.) - 1847 - Liczba stron: 178
...lantern- dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet or in shroud we wound h'.m ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his...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... | |
 | Anthony Hamilton (of the 43rd Light Infantry.) - 1847 - Liczba stron: 176
...lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet or in shroud we wound Mm; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his...Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o?er lus c«dd ashes upbraid him,— But little he'H recfe, if they let him sleep on In the grave where... | |
 | 1847 - Liczba stron: 568
...steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly tnoaght of the morrow. " We tbought, ал we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his...spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him — Bat little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. " But... | |
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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... 
