 | Ebenezer Porter - 1833 - 312 ページ
...Lightly they '11 talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him; But nothing he '11 reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him." 7 But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock toll'd the hour for retiring, And we heard the... | |
 | James Hedderwick - 1833 - 232 ページ
...pillow — How 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; But nothing he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of... | |
 | James Carrick Moore - 1834 - 434 ページ
...pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow! VI. Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And...sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. VII. But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock struck the hour for retiring; Aud we heard... | |
 | James Carrick Moore - 1834 - 436 ページ
...pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow ! vr. Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And...sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. VII. But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock struck the hour for retiring ; Aud we heard... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1834 - 360 ページ
...the stranger would tread o'er his head'. And we' ... far away o'er the billow'. Lightly they'll speak of the spirit that's gone', And o'er his cold ashes'...reck', if they let him sleep on' In the grave where his comrades* have laid him'. Not the half of our heavy task was done', When the bell told the hour... | |
 | B. Ducos - 1834 - 444 ページ
...talk of the sIiirit that's gone, And o'er his eold ashes upbraid him , — But little he'll reek , if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton...him. But half of our heavy task was done , When the eloek struek tbe hour for retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly... | |
 | 1835 - 320 ページ
...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, But nothing he'll reck if they let him sleep on, In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half our... | |
 | 1836 - 884 ページ
...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. But nothing he'll reck If they let him sleep on, In the grave where a Briton has laid hini. ' But half... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 ページ
...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...retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1838 - 412 ページ
...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...retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun, That the foe was sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh... | |
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Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him — But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. 
