...lantern dimly burning. • No useless coffin confln'd 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 gaz'd on the face of the dm:. And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought as we heap'd...

...lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet or in shroud we wound him J whole of its content« upon the plains of the Camatic....of which no eye had seen, no heart conceived, and steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as...

...Burial of Sir John Moore. WOLFE. NOT a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the ramparts we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell...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...

...coffin the sailor's hammock makes. Again, we all know how the soldier is buried on the battle-field— " No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet...taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him." We cannot hope to dispense with coffins, nor to bury our friends, nor to be buried, like the soldier,...

...the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not 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 looked on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought as we...

...struggling moonheam's misty light, And the lantern dimly hurning. No useless coffin enclosed his hreast, Not in sheet nor in shroud we wound him; But he lay like...we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow; But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we hitterly thought of the morrow. We thought as we...