 | John Sydney Taylor - 1843 - 568 páginas
...the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we stedfostly gaz'd on the face that was 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 would tread... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 108 páginas
...him. Few and short were 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...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... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 páginas
...martial cloak around him. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead,...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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 páginas
...prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was rse and him, unconscious of them all. But 0 the important...What are its tidings? have our troops awaked! Or do bis head, And we far away on the billow ! Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er... | |
 | 1882 - 844 páginas
..."The Burial of Sir John Moore," I find, — We thought, as we hollow'd his narrow bed, And smooth'd down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger...tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow. It would be tedious (though not uninstructive) to give a list of the Gaelicisms which are to be found... | |
 | Sarah Stickney Ellis - 1844 - 522 páginas
...And died." She stoop'd to rip the wave. " We thought as we hollowed his narrow bed, " And smooth'd down his lonely pillow, "That the foe and the stranger...tread o'er his head, " And we far away on the billow." " We thought as we hollowed his liltle bed, '• And dug out his lonely pillow, "That the foe and the... | |
 | Quaver - 1844 - 552 páginas
...lanterns dimly burning. Few and short were 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 on the morrow. No useless coffin confined his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we bound him ; We... | |
 | Mildred Hornsby Harrigan - 1928 - 316 páginas
...with our bayonets turning; By the struggling moonbeams' misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed...tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow! Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory; We carved not a line,... | |
 | 1883 - 864 páginas
...WATERLOO. i. W illiam. 2. A djective. 3. T urban. 5. R iddle. 6. L ion. 7. 0 pal. 8. POETICAL PUZZLE. ' We thought as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, How the foe and the stranger would trea And we far away on the billow." NAMES OF CELEBRATED ENIGMATICALLY... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1879 - 372 páginas
...martial cloak around him. 4. Few and short were 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. 5. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, . And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and... | |
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Not in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest With his martial cloak around him. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And... 
