...dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollow'd his narrow bed, And smooth'd down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger...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. But half of our heavy task was...

...pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow ! Lightiy they'll talk 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 a Briton has laid him. But half of our...

...down his lonely pillow But half of our heavy task was done And we heard the distant and random gun Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him," &c. What reader of any judgement could subordinate the accent on the nouns to that of the adjectives...

...the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ; Few and short were the prayers we said, And...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...

...dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow ! We thought, as we hollow'd his narrow bed, And smooth'd down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger...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...

...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...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." DIBPCTID. THE reader must imagine...

...down his 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 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 our...

...and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we, far away o'er the billow. Lightly they'll speak of the spirit that's gone. And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him; Bnt little he'll reck if they let him sleep on In the grave where his comrades have laid him. Not the...

...we said,8 And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead,8 And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought,...gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him, — But little4 he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But5 half of...

...gazed on the face that was dead, And we Utterly thought of the iBorrow. We thought, as we hollow'd his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow,...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...