 By the struggling moonbeam's 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 taking his rest With his martial cloak around him.  Songs of Three Centuries - Stran 144uredili: - 1876 - 352 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
 | James Kennedy - 1830 - 502 strani
...if they were the Greeks of No useless coffin enclosed his breast ; Nor in sheet nor shroud we bound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With...were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word in sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow.... | |
 | James Kennedy - 1830 - 506 strani
...if they were the Greeks of No useless coffin enclosed his breast ; Nor in sheet nor shroud we bound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With...were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word in sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow.... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1831 - 356 strani
...buried him darkly; at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moon-beams' misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless...word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, ». And we bitterly thought of the morrow — thought — as we hollowed his narrow bed,... | |
 | 1831 - 318 strani
...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 strani
...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 strani
...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...the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1832 - 310 strani
...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,...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 strani
...with our 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...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 Hedderwick - 1833 - 232 strani
...buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moon-beams' misty light, • And the lantern dimly burning. No...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,... | |
 | James Carrick Moore - 1833 - 434 strani
...misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. III. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet or in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior...the face 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... | |
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