 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 414 pages
...sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow — 5 We thought — as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow — How theybe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow ! 6 " Lightly... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - Readers, American - 1828 - 266 pages
...sorrow; But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow — We thought — as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow — How the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his And we far away on the billow! [head, " Lightly... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - Children's poetry - 1828 - 408 pages
...deaJ , And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought as we heaped his narrow bed, And smooth'd down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er And we far away on the billow. Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone> And o'er his cold ashes... | |
 | Theology - 1829 - 434 pages
...sorrow ; 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...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 our heavy... | |
 | John Pierpont - Readers - 1829 - 290 pages
...of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the 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 would be rioting over his head, And we far away on the billow. Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's... | |
 | James Kennedy - Poets, English - 1830 - 506 pages
...in sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed...that's 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... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...sorrow ; 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...head, • And we far away on the billow ! Lightly they '11 tal-k of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him, — But little he 'll... | |
 | Lyre - English poetry - 1830 - 396 pages
...dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollow'd his narrow bed, And smooth'cl down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger...far away on the billow ! Lightly they'll talk of the spirh that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; But nothing he'll reck, if they let him sleep... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1830 - 420 pages
...5, We thought— MIS we 'hollowed his narrow bed, And Smoothed down bis lonely pillow — How thefpe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we -far away on the billaw !;.''• • » * * 6 "Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, . And o'er his cold ashes... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1830 - 416 pages
...We thought — as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow — How the/oeand the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow ! 6 "Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; But nothing... | |
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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 billow. 
