 | Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 pages
...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 stedfastly gaz'd on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we... | |
 | James Carrick Moore - 1834 - 436 pages
...dimly burning. in. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet or in shroud we wound him ; Iv. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke...bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollow'd his narrow bed, And stnooth'd down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would... | |
 | James Carrick Moore - 1834 - 434 pages
...dimly burning. in. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet or in shroud we wound him ; IV. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke...that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. V. We thought, as we hollow'd his narrow bed, And smooth'd down his lonely pillow, That the foe and... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1834 - 360 pages
...prayers we said', We spoke not a word of sorrow'; But steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead', And bitterly thought' . . of the morrow'. We thought',...we hollowed his narrow bed', And smoothed down his lowly pillow', That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head'. And we' ... far away o'er... | |
 | 1835 - 320 pages
...with our bay'nets turning, By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And our lanterns dimly burning. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke...word of sorrow, But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead! And we bitterly thought on the morrow. No useless coffin confin'd his breast, Nor in sheet... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1835 - 420 pages
...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 stedfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow — 5 We thought —... | |
 | 1836 - 884 pages
...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...word of sorrow, But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead. And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, aa we hollowed his narrow bed. And... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1838 - 346 pages
...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...word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow — 6. We thought — as we hollowed his narrow... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1838 - 316 pages
...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...word of sorrow; But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the marrow — 5 We thought — as we hollowed his narrow bed,... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 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 not a word of sorrow ; But we stediastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we... | |
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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. 
