 | Sarah Stickney Ellis - English literature - 1844 - 522 pages
...And died." She stoop'd to rip the wave. " We thought as we hollowed his narrow bed, " And smooth'd down his lonely pillow, "That the foe and the stranger...tread o'er his head, " And we far away on the billow." " We thought as we hollowed his liltle bed, '• And dug out his lonely pillow, "That the foe and the... | |
 | 1882 - 844 pages
..."The Burial of Sir John Moore," I find, — We thought, as we hollow'd his narrow bed, And smooth'd down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger...tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow. It would be tedious (though not uninstructive) to give a list of the Gaelicisms which are to be found... | |
 | Quaver - Songs - 1844 - 552 pages
...And our lanterns dimly burning. 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 on the morrow. No useless coffin confined his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we bound him ; We... | |
 | John Wilson - English language - 1844 - 142 pages
...start of displeasure, the chances are against your getting loose, until he is satisfied to let you go. We thought as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow How the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow. From the first... | |
 | Printers - 1844 - 328 pages
...the dm:. And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought as we heap'd his narrow bed, And smooth'd down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er Ml head. And we far away on the billow. Lightly they 11 talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his... | |
 | Freemasonry - 1844 - 402 pages
...prayers we said, . And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the lace that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought as we hollow'd his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread... | |
 | American poetry - 1926 - 780 pages
...the 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, as we hollow'd his narrow bed And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread... | |
 | 1883 - 868 pages
...WATERLOO. i. W illiam. 2. A djective. 3. T urban. 5. R iddle. 6. L ion. 7. 0 pal. 8. POETICAL PUZZLE. ' We thought as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, How the foe and the stranger would trea And we far away on the billow." NAMES OF CELEBRATED ENIGMATICALLY... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Readers - 1879 - 372 pages
...his martial cloak around him. 4. 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. 5. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, . And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and... | |
 | James Chapman - Elocution - 1821 - 378 pages
...— and short, were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow, But we steadfastly looked on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of...pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o1er his head, And we far away on the billow. Lightly they1ll talk of the spirit that1s gone, And o1er... | |
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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... 
