 O'er the grave where our hero we 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.  Wordsworth to Dobell - Page 316edited by - 1880Full view - About this book
 | 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...we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 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...prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; We thought, as we hollow'd his narrow bed, And smooth'd down his lonely pillow, That the foe and... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin inclosed his breast, Nor in sheet, nor in shroud, we bound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With...we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we... | |
 | Book - 1847 - 216 pages
...By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And our lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin confined his breast, Not in sheet nor in shroud we wound him...prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; WRITTEN BY THE AUTHOR IN HIS LIBRARY. 43 at we stedfastly gazed on the face of the dead, f' And we... | |
 | Great Britain. Adjutant-General's Office, Richard Cannon - 1847 - 180 pages
...moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning 1 1809 No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet, nor in shroud we wound him ; But he lay...we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we stedt'astly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow ! We thought, as we... | |
 | Book - 1847 - 206 pages
...misty light, And our lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin confined his breast, Not in sheet nor iu shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking...prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; WRITTEN BY THE AUTHOR IN HIS LIBRARY. 43 But we stedfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we... | |
 | 1847 - 906 pages
...And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin confined his breast, Nor in sheet or shroud we bound him : But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With...we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow : But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we... | |
 | Anthony Hamilton (of the 43rd Light Infantry.) - 1847 - 176 pages
...lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet or in shroud we wound Mm; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his...we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow; But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as... | |
 | Richard Cannon - 1848 - 174 pages
...moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning! 1809 -No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet, nor in shroud we wound him; But he lay like...we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow; But we stedi'astly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow ! We thought, as we... | |
 | John Burke, Bernard Burke - 1848 - 424 pages
...misty light, And the lanthorn dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet or in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior...we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as... | |
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