 | 1841 - 992 pages
...around him. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow, But we Btedfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. • * • Slowly and sadly we laid him down From the field of his fame fresh and gory ; We carved not... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1839 - 362 pages
...thought' . . of the morrow'. We thought', as we hollowed his narrow bed', And smoothed down his lowly pillow', That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head', And we' . . . for away o'er the billow'. Lightly they'll speak of the spirit that's gone', And o'er his cold... | |
 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - English poetry - 1840 - 378 pages
...his martial cloak around him. Few and short were the prayers we said, • And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the...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 would tread... | |
 | Cam river - 1841 - 308 pages
...him. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we stedfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought...tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow ! ARUNDINES CAMI. VEXATA QU^ESTIO. Si Terra e pistis constaret inhospita pomis, Si foret Oceanus vasti... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - Elocution - 1841 - 408 pages
...and short were the prayers we said; | And we spoAe not a word of sorrow ; | But we steadfastly gaz'd on the face of the dead; | And we bitterly thought of the morrow. | We thought, as we hallow'd Ais narrow bed, | And smooth'd down Ais lonely pillow, | That the foe, and the stranger would... | |
 | Book - 1841 - 164 pages
...the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we stedfastly gaz'd on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollow'd his narrow bed, And smooth' d down his lowly pillow, The foe and the stranger would tread... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - American poetry - 1842 - 352 pages
...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...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... | |
 | American poetry - 1842 - 504 pages
...With his martial cloak around him. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow, But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the...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 would tread... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - Readers - 1849 - 316 pages
...And our lanterns dimly burning. 3. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face 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... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1842 - 438 pages
...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 would tread o'er his head, Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; — But little... | |
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... misty light And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet nor in shroud we wound him; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest With his martial cloak around him. Few and short were the prayers we said And we spoke... 
