 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...  A Poet Hero - Pagina 369di Marie Bothmer (Gräfin von), Mary gräfin von Bothmer - 1870 - 417 pagineVisualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | Edmund Burke - 1818 - 1264 pagine
...shroud we bound him ; But he lay 'like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke...But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. t We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smooth1 d down... | |
 | 1825 - 458 pagine
...his rest. With I. is martial cloak around Dim. Few and short were the prayers we said. And we apok-e not a word of sorrow! But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the deal, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we bollow'd his narrow bed, And smooth'd... | |
 | 1818 - 596 pagine
...a warrior , taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him. Both few and short were the pray'rs 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 hollow'd... | |
 | British melodies - 1820 - 280 pagine
...shroud we bound him ; But he lay 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 in sorrow ; But we stedfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought on the morrow.... | |
 | Renfrew county - 1821 - 542 pagine
...shrouds we bound him, But he lay 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 gaz'd on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. Commemorates, are... | |
 | 1821 - 732 pagine
...shroud we bound him ; But he lay 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... | |
 | William Oxberry - 1821 - 448 pagine
...shroud we bound him, But he lay 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... | |
 | 1822 - 418 pagine
...enclosed his breast, But he lay like a warrior taking bis rest, With bis martial cloak around him. Few— and short were the prayers 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 - 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... | |
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