 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1830 - 334 pages
...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...bitterly thought of the morrow — We thought — as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow — How the foe and the stranger would... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1830 - 420 pages
...wound him ! But he lay — Kke a warrior taking his rest — With his martial cloak around him ! , 4 Few and short were the prayers we said, . And we spoke...face of the dead, " ' And we bitterly thought of the morrot<*— • 5, We thought— MIS we 'hollowed his narrow bed, And Smoothed down bis lonely pillow... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 pages
...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...word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And... | |
 | James Kennedy - 1830 - 506 pages
...With his martial cloak around him. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word in sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the...bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1831 - 356 pages
...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...the dead, ». And we bitterly thought of the morrow — thought — as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow — That the foe... | |
 | 1831 - 272 pages
...dead, And we bitterly thought on the morrow. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow besd,! And smoofh'd down his lonely pillow; That the foe and the stranger...tread o'er his head , And we far away on the billow. Lightly they'll tal^ of J:l\e spjrit lhaj.';3 gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him, But nothing... | |
 | James Campbell (teacher of English.) - 1832 - 274 pages
...around him. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow; But we stedfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought...tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow ! tly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him,— But nothing he'll... | |
 | Moses Severance - 1832 - 312 pages
...we bound him ; But he lay— like a warrior taking his rest, His martial cloak wrapt around him. 4. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke...we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And bitterly thought of the morrow. 5. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smooth'd down his... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 pages
...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...word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...dead. And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger...tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow! Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, [him; And o'er his cold ashes upbraid But little he'll... | |
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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 or in shroud we wound him; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest With his martial cloak around him. 
