 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 his rest, With his martial cloak around him.  The Annual Biography and Obituary - Side 811826Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | 1853 - 1162 sider
...where our hero we buried. No useless coffin enclosed hiabreat>t, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we bound him, But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him. Yn fad oedd y tebwrdd, galarnad ni fu, Tr.i ei [rorff i'r amgacrau cyrchasom ; Ni baethai un milwr,... | |
 | British melodies - 1820 - 280 sider
...the 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 martial cloak around him. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word in sorrow ; But we stedfastly gazed... | |
 | 1821 - 732 sider
...the 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 martial cloak around him. Few — and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow, But we stedfastly gazed... | |
 | William Oxberry - 1821 - 448 sider
...the 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 martial cloak around him. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow, But we stedfastly gazed... | |
 | Renfrew county - 1821 - 542 sider
...lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheets nor in shrouds 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... | |
 | Thomas Medwin - 1824 - 372 sider
...After he had come to an end, he repeated the third, and said it was perfect, particularly the lines " But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, " With his martial cloak around him." " I should have taken," said Shelley, " the whole for a rough sketch of Campbell's." " No," replied... | |
 | Thomas Medwin - 1824 - 574 sider
...After he had come to an end, he repeated the third, and said it was perfect, particularly the lines " But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, " With his martial cloak around him." " I should have taken," said Shelley, " the whole for a rough sketch of Campbell's." " No," replied... | |
 | Thomas Medwin - 1824 - 314 sider
...dimly burning. 'I No useless coffin confined his breast, M Nor in sheet nor in shroud we bound hiifli " But he lay like a warrior taking his rest) '• With his martial cloak around hini. " Few and short were the prayers we said; ''f And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; l> But we steadfastly... | |
 | Soldier - 1824 - 518 sider
...burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet nor in shrond we bound him, But he lav 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 gazed... | |
 | 1825 - 600 sider
...our bayonets turning ; By the struggling moon-beam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. • No useless coffin enclos'd his breast, Not in sheet...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 steadfastly... | |
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