 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.  Annual Register - Side 326redigeret af - 1818Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1845 - 492 sider
...bayonets turning, By the trembling moon-beams' misty light, And our lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we bound him, But like a warrior taking his rest, • His martial cloak wrapt around him. Few and short were the prayers... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 sider
...burning. No useless co'ffin/ inclosed hi's br'east, Nor in sh'eet/ nor in shro'ud/ we wou'nd-him ; But he lay like a wa'rrior, taking his r'est, With his martial cl'oak/ arou'nd-him. Few and short were the pra'yers/ we sa'id, And we spoke not a wo'rd of sor"row ; But we... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1842 - 316 sider
...they let him sleep on, In the grave where his comrades have laid him. 6. No useless coffin inclosed his breast, Nor in sheet, nor in shroud we bound him,...taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him. " * This beautiful ode, as usual, is ascribed to Wojfg, though more rece0 discoveries render it probable... | |
 | 1846 - 166 sider
...steadfastly gaz'd on the face of the dead'. And we bitterly thought on the morrow. No useless coffin confined his breast. Nor in sheet nor in shroud we bound him,...taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him. We thought, as we heap'd the narrow bed, And smooth'd down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - 1846 - 372 sider
...made such music, once to hear it was Enough to make it ever after be Remembered !" • " No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet, nor in shroud,...But he lay like a warrior taking his rest — With the martial cloak around him. " We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But left him alone in... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - 1846 - 340 sider
...And made such music, once to hear it was Enough to mate it ever after be Remembered !" " No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet, nor in shroud,...But he lay like a warrior taking his rest — .With the martial cloak around him. " We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But left him alone in... | |
 | Miles Gerald Keon - 1846 - 608 sider
...And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast. Nor in sheet or shroud we wound him, But he lay like a warrior taking his rest With his martial cloak around him. Undiquc constabant horrenda silentis noctis, Luna laborantes vix agitabat equos; Lamina pnebebant incerto... | |
 | Salem Town - 1847 - 420 sider
...bayonets turning ; By the struggling moon-beam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. 3. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet, nor in shroud,...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 steadfastly gazed... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - 1848 - 532 sider
...steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought on the morrow. No useless coffin confined his breast ; Nor in sheet nor in shroud we bound him...taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him. We thought as we heap'd his narrow bed, And smooth'd down his lonely pillow, That the foe or the stranger... | |
 | 1848 - 460 sider
...lantern dimly hurning. No useless coffin inclosed his hreast, Not in sheet nor in shroud wo wound hilu; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him. Few and short were the prayors we said. And we spoke not a word of sorrow; But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead,... | |
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