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. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Side 2741817Fuld visning - Om denne bog
| J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - 1828 - 314 sider
...de.id of night, The sod with our bayonets turning, By the trembling moon-beams' misty light. And our lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed...breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we bound him, But like a warrior taking his rest, His martial cloak wrapt around him. Pew and short were the prayers... | |
| Charles Wolfe - 1828 - 312 sider
...hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried. H. \Ve buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with...bayonets turning ; By the struggling moonbeam's misty lijjht, And the lantern dimly burning. nr. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet or in... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 418 sider
...we hurried; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our Hero was buried. 2 We buried him darkly ; at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moon-beams' misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. 3 No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor... | |
| 1828 - 814 sider
...was hurried : Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot, O'er the grave where our hero was buried ! We buried him darkly, at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moon-beams' misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. — No useless coffin inclosed his breast,... | |
| Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 266 sider
...hurried; •Garth. 8* Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our Hero was buried, We buried him darkly; at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning; By the struggling moon-beams' misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor... | |
| Constable and co, ltd - 1828 - 650 sider
...board ; the picqnets also were withdrawn, and embarked before daylight, and the reserve were alone left We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning ; By the siruggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast,... | |
| John Pierpont - 1829 - 290 sider
...rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried. We buried him darkly, at dead of night, The sods with...sheet, nor in shroud, we bound him ; But he lay, like a warriour taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him. * Who fell in the battle of Corunna, hi... | |
| George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 sider
...SIR JOHN MOORE. NOT a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with...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... | |
| James Kennedy - 1830 - 502 sider
...rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with...moon-beam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No " You must have been highly gratified by the classical remains, and the classical recollections of... | |
| James Kennedy - 1830 - 506 sider
...soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried. We buried him darkly tit dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning,...moon-beam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No " You must have been highly gratified by the classical remains, and the classical recollections of... | |
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