 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. Few and short were...  The Port Folio - Side 2591817Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | John Frost - 1845 - 458 sider
...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...word, of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollow'd his narrow bed, And... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 sider
...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...word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollow'd his narrow bod, And... | |
 | sir Charles Gavan Duffy - 1845 - 262 sider
...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...a word of sorrow; But we steadfastly gazed on the fnce that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought as we hollow'd his narrow !lcd,... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 sider
...the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclos'd his breast, Not in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With...we spoke not a word of sorrow : But we steadfastly gaz'd on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. 1 He was killed at Corunna,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 sider
...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...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 - 166 sider
...with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And our lanterns dimly burning. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow, But we steadfastly gaz'd on the face of the dead'. And we bitterly thought on the morrow. No useless coffin confined his... | |
 | Anthony Hamilton (of the 43rd Light Infantry.) - 1847 - 176 sider
...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...word of sorrow; But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And... | |
 | Great Britain. Adjutant-General's Office, Richard Cannon - 1847 - 180 sider
...lantern dimly burning 1 1809 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...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 - 216 sider
...our lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin confined his breast, Not in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With...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... | |
 | Book - 1847 - 206 sider
...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 his rest, With...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... | |
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