 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 568 strani
...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...retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun, That the foe was suddenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame, fresh... | |
 | English poetry - 1853 - 552 strani
...bed, Aud 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...Briton has laid him. But half of our heavy task was dono, When the clock struck the hour for retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun That the... | |
 | George Croly - 1854 - 426 strani
...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...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... | |
 | 1854 - 576 strani
...Lightly they '11 talk of the spirit that 's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; Bat little he 'ii reck, if they let him sleep on, In the grave where...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... | |
 | John Frost - 1855 - 462 strani
...bed, And smooth'd 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...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... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1856 - 518 strani
...bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow,4 That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow ! Lightly they'll talk...distant and random gun Of the enemy sullenly firing.^ (1) Lord Byron, who considered this poem one of the finest in our language, pronounced this stanza... | |
 | Collection - 1856 - 120 strani
...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...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... | |
 | Honor - 1856 - 94 strani
...bed, And smooth'd 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...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... | |
 | Anne Bowman - 1856 - 316 strani
...pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head. And we far away on the billow ! 10 Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And...distant and random gun Of the enemy sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory ; We carved not a line,... | |
 | Edward Hayes (collector of ballads) - 1856 - 442 strani
...bed, And smooth'd 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...clock struck the hour for retiring ; And we heard by the distant and random gun — That the foe was sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down,... | |
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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. But half of our heavy task was done When the clock struck the hour for retiring;... 
