 By the struggling moonbeam's misty light And the lantern dimly burning. 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.  Cyclopædia of English literature - Sivu 410tekijä(t) Robert Chambers - 1844Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | 1831 - 318 sivua
...lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we bound hire ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his...we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we stedfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1831 - 294 sivua
...coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet, nor in shroud, we bound him.; But he lay, like a warriour taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him....word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, * And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 sivua
...lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet or in shroud we wound him, But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his...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... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1832 - 310 sivua
...lantern, dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet, nor in shroud, we bound him ; But he lay, like a warrior taking his rest, With his...we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ! But we stedfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we... | |
 | James Campbell (teacher of English.) - 1832 - 274 sivua
...bayonets turning; No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we bound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his...we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow; But we stedfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we... | |
 | James Carrick Moore - 1833 - 434 sivua
...dimly burning. III. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet or in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his...that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. v. We thought, as we hollow'd his narrow bed, And smooth'd down his lonely pillow, That the foe and... | |
 | James Hedderwick - 1833 - 232 sivua
...lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we wound him; But he lay — like a warrior taking his rest —...word of sorrow; But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow: — We thought — as we hollow'd his narrow bed,... | |
 | Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 sivua
...lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclos'd his breast, Nor in sheet, nor in shroud, we bound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his...we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we stedfastly gaz'd on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we... | |
 | James Carrick Moore - 1834 - 436 sivua
...dimly burning. in. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet or in shroud we wound him ; Iv. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke...bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollow'd his narrow bed, And stnooth'd down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would... | |
 | James Carrick Moore - 1834 - 434 sivua
...dimly burning. in. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet or in shroud we wound him ; IV. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke...that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. V. We thought, as we hollow'd his narrow bed, And smooth'd down his lonely pillow, That the foe and... | |
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