 | 1831 - 318 pagine
...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...word of sorrow ; But we stedfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hallow'd his narrow bed, And... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1831 - 356 pagine
...misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we wound him; But he lay — like a warrior...we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, ». And we bitterly thought of the morrow — thought —... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1831 - 294 pagine
...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....we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, * And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1831 - 356 pagine
...around him! But we Steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow— Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow; We thought—as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow— That the foe would... | |
 | 1831 - 272 pagine
...of Corunna. lite No useless coffin pnclosed }ijs breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we bound Him; Bu he lay like a warrior taking his rest. With his martial cloak around him. Few an4 short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word in sorrow ; But we stedfustly gazed on... | |
 | 1856 - 520 pagine
...the hill-side — the Alma, Balaklava, and Inkerman — but in an honourable grave ; each sleeping " like a warrior taking his rest, with his martial cloak around him," in a soldier's grave, though destitute of " storied urn and animated bust," yet cherished in the country's... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1832 - 310 pagine
...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,...word of sorrow ! But we stedfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 pagine
...misty light, And the 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...we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pagine
...misty light. And the 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...we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow; But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead. And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we... | |
 | Moses Severance - 1832 - 312 pagine
...we bound him ; But he lay— like a warrior taking his rest, His martial cloak wrapt around him. 4. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke "not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And bitterly thought of the morrow. 5. We thought, as we... | |
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Few and short were the prayers we said, And -we spoke not a word of sorrow; But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. 
