 | Henry Godwin - 1842 - 1018 pages
...tartan. NIi useless coffin inclosed his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud they bound him ; Rut 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... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - 1843 - 324 pages
...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
...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... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1842 - 564 pages
...because ' No useless coffin enclosed 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.' It is assumed, of course, that no frightful accumulations of interment would be crowded into a narrow... | |
 | Cyrus Townsend Brady - 1971 - 504 pages
...the robes were taken away the body of a splendid specimen of Indian manhood was disclosed. "He lay like a warrior taking his rest, with his martial cloak around him." His stern and royal look, the iron majesty of his features, even though composed in death, revealed... | |
 | James Chapman - 378 pages
...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 his martial cloak around him. Few — and short, were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow, But we steadfastly... | |
 | Benedict Richard O'Gorman Anderson - 1991 - 244 pages
...burning. 3. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet or in shroud we wound him; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him . . . 5. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 pages
...the sea extends Its limber margin, and precision ends. (1. 33—36) HelP; MOS; NOBA; QFR 2 But he lay RP: OBNC; PoEL-4; Son MARY ELIZABETH COLERIDGE (1861-1907) Unwelc (1. 11—12) 3 We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone. But we left him alone with his glory.... | |
 | Catherine Parr Strickland Traill - 1994 - 264 pages
...how did you feel when hearing, and sight, and speech were all shut out?" asked Kate Dalton. "I felt like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him." "Nonsense, my dear; but how did you feel? Do tell me." "Exactly like a person who had been buried alive,... | |
 | Martin Gardner - 1995 - 212 pages
...hurning. No useless coffin enclosed his hreast, 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 prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow; But we steadfastly gazed... | |
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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. 
