 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 away on the billow!  The Canadian Magazine - Page 106edited by - 1899Full view - About this book
 | 1844 - 328 pages
...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 cold ashes upbraid him. But nothing he reck if they'll let him sleep on, In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half our... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 pages
...pillow, That the foe would be rioting over his head, And we far away on the billow. 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 a Briton has laid him. But half of... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1845 - 492 pages
...pillow, That the foe 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...reck if they let him sleep on ( In the grave where his comrades have laid him. 20* and romantic glen, the rocky valley, and the wide, the rich, the fascinating... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pages
...foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow ! Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes...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... | |
 | John Frost - 1845 - 458 pages
...foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow ! Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes...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... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1845 - 482 pages
...foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow. Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes...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;... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...bed and pillow gracefully harmonises :h that of the " warrior taking his rest." Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes...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... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pages
...and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow ! Lightly they'll talk o the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid...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... | |
 | sir Charles Gavan Duffy - 1845 - 262 pages
...foe and the stranger 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 little he '11 reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of our heavy... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pages
...the stran'ger/ would tread o'er his h'ead, And w'e far aw'ay/ on the biriow. Lig'htly they'll talk of the spi'rit/ that's g'one, And o'er his cold a'shes/ upbraid h'im ; And lit'tle he'll re'ck (if they let him sleep o'n) In the gra've/ where a B'riton has laid hi'm... | |
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