 | William Sherwood - 1856 - 466 страници
...burning. No useless coffin enclosed his "breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we wound him : But lie lay, like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial...In the grave where a Briton has laid him ! But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock tolled the hour for retiring ; And we heard by the distant... | |
 | Collection - 1856 - 120 страници
...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,...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 ,And we heard the distant... | |
 | Edward Hayes (collector of ballads) - 1856 - 442 страници
...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...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 ; And we heard by the distant... | |
 | Honor - 1856 - 94 страници
...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...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 ; And we heard the distant... | |
 | Edward Hayes - 1856 - 396 страници
...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...sleep on — In the grave where a Briton has laid Viim. But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock struck the hour for retiring : And we heard... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1856 - 518 страници
...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...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 ; And we heard the distant... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1857 - 428 страници
...misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet or in shroud we wound him, But he lay like a warrior...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 ; And we heard the distant... | |
 | Samuel Lover - 1858 - 394 страници
...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...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 ; And we heard the distant... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott, Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1858 - 642 страници
...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...In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of our heavy task was done, When the cloek struck the hour for retiring; 221 And we heard the distant... | |
 | Aubrey Thomas De Vere - 1858 - 298 страници
...we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down bis lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would...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 ; And we heard the distant and... | |
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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 ! Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him... 
