 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 - Page 144edited by - 1876 - 352 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1844 - 402 pages
...moon-beam's misty light, And th« lantera dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like...a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the lace that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought as we hollow'd his narrow bed,... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 108 pages
...By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin inclosed his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we wound him...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... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 pages
...lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet, or in shroud, we hound him; But he lay, like a warrior taking his rest, With...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... | |
 | 1844 - 328 pages
...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 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 his narrow... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1845 - 494 pages
...buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning ; By the struggling moonbeam's 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. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And... | |
 | John Frost - 1845 - 458 pages
...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 hollow'd his narrow bed, And smooth'd down his lonely pillow, That the... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pages
...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 hollow'd his narrow bod, And smooth'd down his lonelv pillow, That the... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pages
...struggling moonbeams' misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclos'd his breast, Not in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like...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. 1 He was killed at Corunna,... | |
 | sir Charles Gavan Duffy - 1845 - 262 pages
...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...a word of sorrow; But we steadfastly gazed on the fnce that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought as we hollow'd his narrow !lcd,... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...buried him darkly, at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moon-beam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless...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... | |
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