 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. Few and short were...  The Port Folio - Pagina 2591817Visualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | 1821 - 732 pagine
...moon-beam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we bound him ; But he lay like...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 hollowed... | |
 | Renfrew county - 1821 - 542 pagine
...And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheets nor in shrouds we bound him, But he lay like a warrior taking 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. Commemorates, are... | |
 | 1822 - 418 pagine
...burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, But he lay like a warrior taking bis rest, With bis martial cloak around him. Few— and short were the...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... | |
 | Thomas Medwin - 1824 - 496 pagine
...the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin confined his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we wound him; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With...we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow:'•• '>• •• . I But we stedfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the... | |
 | Thomas Medwin - 1824 - 372 pagine
...bayonets turning, — " By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, " And the lantern dimly burning. " Few and short were the prayers 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... | |
 | Thomas O'Connor - 1824 - 180 pagine
...shroud we bound him^ But he lay tike a warrior taking his rest, With his martiahclpak arpund him... •h Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow, But we steadily gazed on the face of the dead; And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought as we hollowed... | |
 | Soldier - 1824 - 518 pagine
...bound him, But he lav like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him. Few—and short were the prayers 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 hollowed... | |
 | 1825 - 424 pagine
...moonbeams' misty light. And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his brefcst, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we bound him ; But he lay like...word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought on the morrow. We thought, as we hollow'd his narrow bed, And... | |
 | Thomas Medwin - 1825 - 606 pagine
...struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin confined his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we bound him But he lay like...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... | |
 | 1825 - 710 pagine
...lantern dimly burning. 327 " No useless coffin enclosed hi* bruit, Not in sheet or in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest —...word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face that wtu dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. " We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed,... | |
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