 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 —...  The Practical Teacher - Page 4491885Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 336 pages
...of the morrow. We thought, as we hollow'd his narrow hed, And 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 that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes uphraid him ; — But little... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 412 pages
...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, 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 little... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...of the morrow. We thought, as we hollowed his harrow 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 ! " Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him, — But little... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1838 - 316 pages
...sorrow; But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the marrow — 5 We thought — as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow — How the/oe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow ! 6 " Lightly they... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1839 - 316 pages
...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 — How the/6e and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow! 6 " Lightly they... | |
 | Priscilla Maden Watts - 1839 - 286 pages
...gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought on the morrow. 58 BURIAL OP SIR JOHN MOORE. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger wovdd tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow. Lightly they... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1839 - 362 pages
...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... | |
 | Book - 1841 - 164 pages
...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 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 upbraid him ; But half of... | |
 | Lyre - English poetry - 1841 - 374 pages
...of sorrow ; But we steadfastly 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 o'er his head, And we far away on the billow. Lightly they'll... | |
 | Cam river - 1841 - 318 pages
...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 o'er his head, And we far away on the billow ! ARUNDINES... | |
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