 | Ebenezer Porter - 1839 - 316 Seiten
...Lightly they '11 talk of the spirit that 's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him; But nothing he '11 reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him." 7 But half of our heavy task was done, g) Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his... | |
 | Jerrold Vernon, Grace Horsley Darling - 1839 - 514 Seiten
...ill-supported expedition, the major gave the meed of admiration, with a sigh to his memory and untimely fate. "Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid bun ; But nothing he'll reck if they'll let him sleep on, In the grave where a Briton has laid him."... | |
 | 1840 - 368 Seiten
...lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his And we far away on the billow ! [head, Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And...heavy task was 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... | |
 | 1840 - 378 Seiten
...lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his And we far away on the billow ! [head, Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And...reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a-Britop has. laid him. But half of our heavy task was done When the clock struck the hour for retiring... | |
 | Lyre - 1841 - 374 Seiten
...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...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. 58 BUIUALJJF... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1879 - 372 Seiten
...pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow ! 6. Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold asjhes upbraid him ; But little he'll reck, if they'll let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton... | |
 | James Chapman - 378 Seiten
...gone, And o1er his cold ashes upbraid him ; But nothing he1ll reck if they let him sleep on, In tin: grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock told the hour for retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun, That the foe was suddenly firing.... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1985 - 1106 Seiten
...are revealed by tearing away the skin, showed he had been scalped, though still living. Chapter XXI "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'll let him sleep on, In the grave where a Briton has laid him." Charles... | |
 | Martin Gardner - 1995 - 212 Seiten
...lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the hillow! But little he'll reck if they let him sleep on, In...task was 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... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1995 - 438 Seiten
...Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone And o 'er his cold ashes upbraid him; But nothing he '// reck, if they '// let him sleep on, In the grave where a Briton has laid him. WOLFE THE READER must imagine the horror that daughters would experience at unexpectedly beholding... | |
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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. 
