 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.  Simple English poems, ed. by H.C. Bowen - Side 13redigeret af - 1879Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - 1828 - 430 sider
...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...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. We thought, as we... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - 1828 - 426 sider
...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...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. We thought, as we... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1828 - 650 sider
...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...we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we stedfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And wa bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we... | |
 | 1828 - 814 sider
...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 his...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. We thought, as we hollowed... | |
 | 1828 - 316 sider
...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...we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we stedfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 414 sider
...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...But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow — 5 We thought — as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed... | |
 | Charles Wolfe - 1828 - 312 sider
...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...word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. V. We thought, as we hollow'd his narrow bed,... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1828 - 320 sider
...warriour taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him. Nor in sheet, nor in shroud, we bound him; And we spoke not a word of sorrow; But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, Few and short were the prayers we said, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollowed... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1829 - 290 sider
...taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him. * Who fell in the battle of Corunna, hi Spain, 1808. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke...But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1830 - 334 sider
...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 —...But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow — We thought — as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed... | |
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