 | John Sydney Taylor - 1843 - 568 pages
...misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No UHclcss coffin confined his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we wound him, But he lay like a warrior...his rest, With his martial cloak around him. Few and ghort were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we stedfostly gaz'd on the... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - 1843 - 324 pages
...lantern dimly burning. 3. 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 his martial cloak around him. 4. Few and short were the prayers we said — We spoke not a word of sorrow ; But steadfastly gaz'd... | |
 | 1843 - 780 pages
...overhaasting begraven." » No useless coffin confined his breast , Nor in sheet, nor in shroud tee bound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest With his martial cloak around him." (Geen onnoodige doodkist beknelde zijne borst e» wij wonden hem in geen doodlaken of lijkkleed ; maar... | |
 | Readings - 1843 - 466 pages
...struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him. Not in sheet nor in shroud we wound him; Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 108 pages
...misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin inclosed 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 stedfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we... | |
 | Malachi Mouldy (pseud.) - 1844 - 328 pages
...enwrapped in his tartan. No useless coffin inclosed his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud they bound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him. A barrow was afterwards raised over the chief and his brave companions ; and for many a century, a... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...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.2 Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1845 - 348 pages
...misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. 3. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ; But he lay — -like a warrior taking his real — With his martial cloak around him ! 4. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pages
...burning. No useless co'ffin/ inclosed hi's br'east, Nor in sh'eet/ nor in shro'ud/ we wou'nd-him ; But he lay like a wa'rrior, taking his r'est, With his martial cl'oak/ arou'nd-him. Few and short were the pra'yers/ we sa'id, And we spoke not a wo'rd of sor"row ; But we... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1845 - 312 pages
...comrades have laid him. 6. No useless coffin inclosed his breast, Nor in sheet, nor in shroud we bound him, But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloke around him. 7. Not the half of our heavy task was done, When the clock toll'd the hour for retiring,... | |
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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. 
