 | Soldier - 1824 - 518 pages
...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 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... | |
 | Thomas Medwin - 1824 - 372 pages
...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 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... | |
 | Thomas O'Connor - 1824 - 180 pages
...were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow, But we steadily gazed on the face of the 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... | |
 | 1825 - 724 pages
...htm. " Few and short were 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 hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stronger would tread... | |
 | 1825 - 508 pages
...him. ' Few and short were 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 hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow. That the foe and the stranger would tread... | |
 | Thomas Medwin - 1825 - 606 pages
...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 of the morrow. We thought , as we heap'd his narrow bed, And smooth 'd down his lonely pilaw , that the foe and the stranger would tread... | |
 | 1825 - 710 pages
...prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face that wtu 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... | |
 | George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 804 pages
...the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we stedfastly ga/ed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we heap'd his narrow bed. And ciiiniitli'il down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would... | |
 | Charles Wolfe, John Abraham Russell - 1827 - 500 pages
...martial cloak around him. IV. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we stedfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. V. We thoughtj as we hollow'd his narrow bed. And smooth 'd down his lonely pillow, That the foe and... | |
 | 1827 - 854 pages
...martial cloak around him. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we stedfastly gazed on the face that Was dead, And we bitterly though t of the morrow. We thought, as we hallow'd his narrow bed, And smooth'd down his lonely pillow,... | |
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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. 
