 | William Sherwood - 1856 - 466 pàgines
...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 - 120 pàgines
...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 - 396 pàgines
...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 - 94 pàgines
...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 - 442 pàgines
...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 - 474 pàgines
...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 - 518 pàgines
...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 - 334 pàgines
...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 - 428 pàgines
...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 - 230 pàgines
...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... 
