 | Edmund Burke - 1819 - 822 pagine
...narrow bed, Anil smooth'd down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his ha And we far away on the billow. Lightly they'll talk...that's gone. And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him, Bui nothing he'll reck if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has luid him. But half... | |
 | 1813 - 410 pagine
...the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow; i But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought...that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him; But nothing he'll reck, if they'll let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half... | |
 | H. Biglow, Orville Luther Holley - 1817 - 502 pagine
...his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'«r his head, And we far away on the billow. Lightly they'll...that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him, But nothing he'll reck if they let him sleep on lu the grave where a Britoa has laid him. But half of our... | |
 | 1817 - 646 pagine
...And ^rnooth'4 down hi* lowly pillow, Thnt the foe And the stranger would tread , on his in-..' ' . And we far away on the billow. Lightly they'll talk...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 our... | |
 | 1853 - 816 pagine
...canonisation : if there U to be worship, it must be immediate. A century destroys it ; but enmity survives. "Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him, But little he'll rock, if they let him Bleep on," dec. We commenced with the intention of reviewing Mr Thackeray's... | |
 | 1817 - 708 pagine
...in the stiH night waters them with dew, one day of Spring was sleeping in the shade of a Rose-bush. Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him, But nothing he'll reck, if they let him sleep And when he awoke, with friendly look on he said • " Loveliest... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1818 - 1264 pagine
...narrow bed, And smooth1 d down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er hi* head, And we far away on the billow. Lightly they'll...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 our... | |
 | 1818 - 798 pagine
...lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on tht/billow. Lightly they'll talk of the spirit 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 hud him. But half of our... | |
 | 1825 - 458 pagine
...hinely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er kfc »». And we far away on the butow ! Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone. And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him , But nothing hell reck, if they let him sleep him «" In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half... | |
 | 1821 - 732 pagine
...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...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... | |
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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;... 
