 | Eliza Robbins - 1842 - 352 страници
...prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought...the stranger would tread o'er his head And we far awav on the billow. Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid... | |
 | 1842 - 504 страници
...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,...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... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1849 - 316 страници
...lanterns dimly burning. 3. 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. 4. We thought as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1842 - 440 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 would tread o'er his head, Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; — But little... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1825 - 622 страници
...prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly 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... | |
 | Charles Wolfe, John Abraham Russell - 1842 - 410 страници
...prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly 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... | |
 | Readings - 1843 - 466 страници
...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,...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... | |
 | 1843 - 734 страници
...Bundoolah's house, with military honours. And we thought, as we hallowed his lowly bed, And smoothed down bis lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would...tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow. On the day following the funeral, his scanty wardrobe and war-worn military accoutrements, one of the... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - 1843 - 324 страници
...bitterly thought of the morrow. 5. We thought as we hollow'd his narrow bed, And smooth'd down his lowly pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we, far away o'er the billow. 6. Lightly they'll speak of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 страници
...prayers we said, We spoke not a word of sorrow, But steadfastly gaz'd on the face of the dead, And bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smooth'd down his lowly pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we, far... | |
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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... 
