 | 1818 - 798 pages
...tread o'er his head, And we far away on tht/billow. Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him, But nothing he'll...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... | |
 | 1825 - 458 pages
...tread o'er kfc »». And we far away on the butow ! Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone. And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him , But nothing hell reck, if they let him sleep him «" In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock... | |
 | 1818 - 596 pages
...tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow. Lightly they'll talk of his spirit's that gone1. And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; But nothing he'll reck, if they'll let him sleep on In the grave whore a Briton has laid him. But half of our heavy task was done,... | |
 | Mordecai Manuel Noah - 1819 - 508 pages
...nor in shroud we bound him, But he lay like a warrior takmg his rest, AVi'li his martial cloak around him. But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock tolled the hour for retiring, And we heard the distant and random gun, That the foe was suddenly firing.... | |
 | William Oxberry - 1821 - 448 pages
...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...But half of our heavy task Was done, When the clock tolled the hour for retiring ; And we heard by the distant and random gun, That the foe was suddenly... | |
 | 1821 - 732 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Renfrew county - 1821 - 542 pages
...would tread on 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 tim grave where a Briton has laid him. But half our heavy task was done, When the clock told the hour... | |
 | 1822 - 418 pages
...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 or., In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock... | |
 | Soldier - 1824 - 518 pages
...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...the clock toll'd the hour for retiring, And we heard the distant and random gun, That the foe was suddenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From... | |
 | Thomas Medwin - 1824 - 314 pages
...the stranger would treafi a'ej KiJ Ufiotl " Lightly they '11 talk of the spirit that's gone, '•' And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; " But nothing...half of our heavy task was done, *' When the clock told the hour for retiring ; " And we heard by the distant and random g»n> <c That the foe was suddenly... | |
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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... 
