 | John Dudley Philbrick - 1866 - 174 pages
...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...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... | |
 | English poetry - 1866 - 180 pages
...prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow, But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought,...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... | |
 | Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1866 - 408 pages
...prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow, But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought,...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... | |
 | 1866 - 408 pages
...prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow, But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought,...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... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1866 - 574 pages
...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,...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... | |
 | Words - 1866 - 368 pages
...sorrow ; But we .steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. F We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed...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... | |
 | English poetry - 1866 - 194 pages
...prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow, But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought,...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 o'er his... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 510 pages
...sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead ; And bitterly thought of the morrow. 5. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed...tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow. 6. Lightly they '11 talk of the spirit that 's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; But little... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 508 pages
...sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead ; And bitterly thought of the morrow. 5. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed...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 ashes upbraid him ; But little... | |
 | Robert Hall Baynes - 1880 - 672 pages
...shroud ive wound him, But belay, like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him. " We thought as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed...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 he'll... | |
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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. 
