 | William Brittainham Lacey - 1828 - 308 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...we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gaz'd on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - 1828 - 422 strani
...the 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 steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - 1828 - 408 strani
...the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin confined bis breast, Xor 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 steadfastly gazed on the face of the deaJ , And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought as we... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 452 strani
...farewell shot O'er the grave where our Hero was buried. 2 We buried him darkly ; at dead of night, 3 No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet...taking his rest — With his martial cloak around him ! 4 Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 414 strani
...EXERCISES ON MODULATION. \^ /"• , .249 r 3 No useless coffin enclosed his breast, . "~i— -; • Nor in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ; But he lay...his rest — • With his martial cloak around him ! -4 Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly... | |
 | 1829 - 434 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...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... | |
 | 1832 - 698 strani
...forth." The third stanza in particular he considered perfect. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet, nor in shroud we wound him ; But he lay...taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him." Were it our purpose, however, minutely to criticise this production, we should say it was defective,... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1830 - 334 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...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 —... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 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...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... | |
 | Lyre - 1830 - 396 strani
...the 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...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... | |
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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. 
