 | George Croly - 1854 - 426 páginas
...smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow ! Lightly they'll talk of the spirit...done, When the clock struck the hour for retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid... | |
 | John Frost - 1855 - 462 páginas
...smooth'd down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow ! Lightly they'll talk of the spirit...done, When the clock struck the hour for retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid... | |
 | Honor - 1856 - 94 páginas
...smooth'd down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow ! Lightly they'll talk of the spirit...done, When the clock struck the hour for retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid... | |
 | Collection - 1856 - 120 páginas
...smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow ! Lightly they'll talk of the spirit...done, "When the clock struck the hour for retiring ,And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1856 - 518 páginas
...smoothed down his lonely pillow,4 That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow ! Lightly they'll talk of the spirit...done, When the clock struck the hour for retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun Of the enemy sullenly firing.^ (1) Lord Byron, who considered... | |
 | Edward Hayes (collector of ballads) - 1856 - 442 páginas
...smooth'd down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow ! Lightly they'll talk of the spirit...done, When the clock struck the hour for retiring ; And we heard by the distant and random gun — That the foe was sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly... | |
 | Anne Bowman - 1856 - 316 páginas
...pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head. And we far away on the billow ! 10 Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And...was done When the clock struck the hour for retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun Of the enemy sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him... | |
 | William Sherwood - 1856 - 466 páginas
...smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow ! Lightly they'll talk of the spirit...But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock tolled the hour for retiring ; And we heard by the distant random gun, That the foe was suddenly firing.... | |
 | 1856 - 1492 páginas
...the 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...done, When the clock struck the hour for retiring; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid... | |
 | Edward Hayes - 1856 - 396 páginas
...smooth'd down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow ! lightly they'll talk of the spirit...sleep on — In the grave where a Briton has laid Viim. But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock struck the hour for retiring : And we heard... | |
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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. 
