 | English poets - 1862 - 626 strani
...would tread o'er his head And we far away on the billow ! Lightly they '11 talk of the spirit that 's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him — But...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... | |
 | 1863 - 392 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... | |
 | John Charles Curtis - 1863 - 178 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... | |
 | James Stuart Laurie - 1863 - 264 strani
...We thought, as we hollow'd his narrow bed, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow. Lightly they'll talk...heavy task was done, When the clock struck the hour of retiring, And we heard the distant and random gun . That the foe was sullenly firing. Slowly and... | |
 | Edward William Cox - 1863 - 370 strani
...narrow bed And smooth'd down his lonely pillow How the FOE and the STRANGER would tread o'er his head And we FAR away on the billow ! Lightly they'll talk...him. But half of our heavy task was done When the clack told the hour for retiring And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly... | |
 | 1863 - 438 strani
...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 sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh... | |
 | Edward Thomas Stevens - 1863 - 234 strani
...Lightly they '11 talk of the spirit that 's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; But little he '11 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... | |
 | Playtime - 1863 - 436 strani
...of the spirit that's gone And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him — But little he'll reck, if they'll let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid...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... | |
 | Martin Gardner - 1995 - 212 strani
...lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the hillow! But little he'll reck if they let him sleep on, In...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. But half of our heavy task was done When the clock struck the hour for retiring;... 
