 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 we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That...  The New McGuffey Fifth Reader - Página 304por William Holmes McGuffey - 1901 - 352 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | James Kennedy - 1830 - 502 páginas
...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 laid himBut half of our heavy task was done, When the clock told the hour for retiring ; And we heard, by... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1830 - 416 páginas
...We thought — as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow — How the/oeand the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow ! 6 "Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; But nothing... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1830 - 420 páginas
...5, We thought— MIS we 'hollowed his narrow bed, And Smoothed down bis lonely pillow — How thefpe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we -far away on the billaw !;.''• • » * * 6 "Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, . And o'er his cold ashes... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1831 - 356 páginas
...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...has laid him. But half of our heavy task was done, And we heard, by the distant random gun, ThaMhe foe was suddenly firing— When the clock tolled the... | |
 | 1831 - 272 páginas
...dead, And we bitterly thought on the morrow. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow besd,! And smoofh'd down his lonely pillow; That the foe and the stranger...head , And we far away on the billow. Lightly they'll tal^ of J:l\e spjrit lhaj.';3 gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him, But nothing he'it reck, if... | |
 | 1831 - 318 páginas
...dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hallow'd his narrow bed, And smooth-d down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o-er his hwd, And we far away on the billow ! VOL. I. N on the shore. On the 17th January, the French remarking... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 páginas
...face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe...sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. A But half of our heavy task was clone, When the clock struck the hour for retiring ; And we heard... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 páginas
...face of the dead. And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe...billow! Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, [him; And o'er his cold ashes upbraid But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1832 - 310 páginas
...we hollowed his narrow bed, 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...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... | |
 | James Campbell (teacher of English.) - 1832 - 274 páginas
...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...tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow ! tly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him,— But nothing he'll... | |
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