 | English poetry - 1853 - 552 pages
...buried. We 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....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. Few and short... | |
 | J H. Aitken - 1853 - 378 pages
...night, The sods with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moonbeam's dusky light, And our lanterns 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 ! Few... | |
 | W H Cordeaux - 1853 - 118 pages
...buried him darkly, at dead of night, The sods (3) with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moonbeams misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet, nor in shroud (4) we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his... | |
 | George Croly - 1854 - 426 pages
...buried. We 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....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. Few and short... | |
 | 1854 - 576 pages
...buried him darkly, at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning ; By the struggling moonbeams' misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless...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. Few and... | |
 | 1854 - 482 pages
...vestments of the tomb, and deposited in a grave hastily dug on the ramparts of the citadel of Corunna. " 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. Slowly and... | |
 | 1855 - 440 pages
...night, The sods with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moonbeams' misty light, And the l&ntern 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. " Few and... | |
 | William Sherwood - 1856 - 466 pages
...dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning ; By the struggling moonbeams misty light, And a lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his "breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we wound him : But lie lay, like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him. Few and... | |
 | Collection - 1856 - 120 pages
...hurried ; We 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 coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet or in shroud we wound him ; 4 But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial... | |
 | 1856 - 1492 pages
...burled. We 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 coffin enclosed his breast. Not in sheet or in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking hit rest, With his martial... | |
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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. 
