 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1849 - 316 strani
...of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. 4. We thought as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and...tread o'er his head, And we, far away on the billow. 5. Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; But nothing... | |
 | 1862 - 512 strani
...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...Briton has laid him. But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock toll'd the hour for retiring; And we heard, by the distant and random gun, That... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - 1842 - 352 strani
...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 and the stranger would tread o'er his head And we far awav on the billow. Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid... | |
 | Readings - 1843 - 466 strani
...lonely pillow, The foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow I Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And...Briton has laid him. But half of our heavy task was done, And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was suddenly firing. When the clock struck... | |
 | John Sydney Taylor - 1843 - 568 strani
...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...that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; But nothing he'U reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of our... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 strani
...and 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...he'll reck if they let him sleep on In the grave where his comrades have laid him. 20* Not the half of our heavy task was done, When the bell loll'd the hour... | |
 | Benedict Richard O'Gorman Anderson - 1991 - 244 strani
...his rest, With his martial cloak around him . . . 5. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and...tread o'er his head And we far away on the billow . . . 8. Slowly and sadly we laid him down. From the field of his fame fresh and gory; We carved not... | |
 | Martin Gardner - 1995 - 212 strani
...that was dead, And we hitterly thought of the morrow. We thought as we hollow'd his narrow hed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and...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 the grave where a Briton has laid him. But... | |
 | William Butler Yeats - 2000 - 324 strani
...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...that's gone. And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him,-^ But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock struck the hour for retiring; And we heard the distant... | |
 | Benedict Richard O'Gorman Anderson - 2005 - 276 strani
...takmg his rest, With his martial cloak around him... 5. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and...tread o'er his head And we far away on the billow... 8. Slowly and sadly es laid him down. From the field of his fame fresh and gory; We carved not a line,... | |
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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. 
