 | Great Britain. Adjutant-General's Office, Richard Cannon - 1847 - 180 pages
...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...retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was suddenly firing 1 Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame, fresh... | |
 | Anthony Hamilton (of the 43rd Light Infantry.) - Peninsular War, 1807-1814 - 1847 - 176 pages
...upbraid him,— But little he'H recfe, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laidi him. But half of our heavy task was done, When the...And we heard the distant and random gun Of the enemy suddenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory, We carved... | |
 | Richard Cannon - 1848 - 174 pages
...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...retiring; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was suddenly firing I Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame, fresh... | |
 | Methodist Episcopal Church - 1848 - 460 pages
...away on the hillow ! Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone. And o'er his cold ashes uphraid him — But little he'll reck if they let him sleep...retiring, And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down From the field of hie fame fresli... | |
 | John Burke, Bernard Burke - Genealogy - 1848 - 424 pages
...Lightly they '11 speak of the spirit that 's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him, But little he '11 reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where...retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh... | |
 | 1856 - 666 pages
...tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow. Slightly they'll talk of the spirit that's fled, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; But little he'll...retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun, That the foe was sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh... | |
 | George Croly - English poetry - 1850 - 442 pages
...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...retiring; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pages
...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...him ! But half of our heavy task was done, When the bell toll'd the hour for retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun, That the foe was sullenly... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - English poetry - 1850 - 596 pages
...lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away ou the billow ! Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And...In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half our heavy task was done, When the clock struck the hour for retiring ; And we heard the distant and... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1851 - 780 pages
...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...retiring; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh... | |
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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. But half of our heavy task was done When the clock struck the hour for retiring;... 
