 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 talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him,...  The Patrician - Page 290edited by - 1848Full view - About this book
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1819 - 822 pages
...Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone. And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him, Bui nothing he'll reck if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has luid him. But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock toll'd the hour for retiring; And we... | |
 | 1817 - 646 pages
...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 our heavy task was done. When the clock toll'd the hour for retir. i"S. And »e beard by the distant... | |
 | John Evans - 1817 - 610 pages
...of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold.ashes upbraid him ; But nothing he'Jl reck, if they'll let him sleep on, In the grave where a BRITON has laid him! But half of uur heavy task was done When the clock told the hour for retiring, And we heard by the distant and... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Anglo-Dutch War, 1780-1784 - 1818 - 798 pages
...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 hud him. But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock toll'd the hour for retiring; And we heard... | |
 | 1821 - 732 pages
...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 onr heavy task was done, When the clock tolled the hour for retiring ; • And we heard by the distant... | |
 | Thomas Medwin - British - 1824 - 372 pages
...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 nothing he '11 reck, if they let him sleep on " In the grave where a Briton has laid him. " But half... | |
 | Thomas O'Connor - English literature - 1824 - 180 pages
...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 hath laid him. But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock told the hour for retiring, And... | |
 | Thomas Medwin - 1825 - 606 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 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... | |
 | Thomas Medwin - 1825 - 578 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 nothing he '11 reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of... | |
 | John Arliss - 1825 - 382 pages
...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 laid him. But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock told the hour of retiring ; And we heard... | |
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