 | 1826 - 494 pages
...light, And the lantern dimly burning. 3. " No useless coffin enclos'd 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. 4. " Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly... | |
 | Charles Wolfe, John Abraham Russell - 1827 - 500 pages
...misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. III. 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. IV. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we stedfastly gazed... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1827 - 702 pages
...had come to an end, lie repeated the third, and said it was perfect, particularly the lines — ' ' But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him.' " « I should have taken the whole/ said Shelley, ' for a rough sketch of Campbell's. « No,' replied... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 452 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 418 pages
...with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moon-beams' 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 rest— With his martial cloak around him ! 4 Few and short were the... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - 1828 - 498 pages
...night, The sods with our bayonets turning, 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 bound him, But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him. Few and short... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - 1828 - 426 pages
...night, The sods with our bayonets turning, 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 bound him, But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him. Few and short... | |
 | 1828 - 316 pages
...night, The sods with our bayonets turning ; 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 bound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him. Few and short... | |
 | J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - 1828 - 314 pages
...night, The sod with our bayonets turning, By the trembling moon-beams' misty light. And our lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we bound him, But like a warrior taking his rest, His martial cloak wrapt around him. Pew and short were... | |
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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. 
