| James Hedderwick - 1833 - 232 páginas
...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...We thought — as we hollow'd his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow — How the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - 1833 - 312 páginas
...shroud we wound him; But he lay—like a warrior taking his rest— With his martial cloak around him! 4 Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke...the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow— 5 We thought—as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow— How the/oe and... | |
| Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 páginas
...Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we stedfastly gaz'd on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of...And smooth'd 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... | |
| James Carrick Moore - 1833 - 434 páginas
...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...word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. v. We thought, as we hollow'd his narrow bed,... | |
| James Carrick Moore - 1834 - 436 páginas
...dimly burning. in. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet or in shroud we wound him ; Iv. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke...word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollow'd his narrow bed, And... | |
| James Carrick Moore - 1834 - 434 páginas
...dimly burning. in. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet or in shroud we wound him ; IV. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke...word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. V. We thought, as we hollow'd his narrow bed,... | |
| 1835 - 320 páginas
...with our bay'nets turning, By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And our lanterns dimly burning. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke...gazed on the face of the dead! And we bitterly thought on the morrow. No useless coffin confin'd his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we bound him, But... | |
| Sarah Stickney Ellis - 1835 - 358 páginas
...And died." She stoop1 d to sip 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 little bed, And <///// out his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger... | |
| 1836 - 884 páginas
...shroud we bound 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...And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, aa we hollowed his narrow bed. And smoothed down his lonely pillow. That the foe and the stranger would... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - 1838 - 412 páginas
...the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we stedfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought,...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 ; — But little... | |
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