 | Jesse Olney - 1845 - 348 Seiten
...Nor in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ; But he lay — -like a warrior taking his real — With his martial cloak around him ! 4. Few and short were the...his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow — How the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head. And we far away on the billow ! • 6.... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1845 - 494 Seiten
...shroud we wound 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...of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 Seiten
...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...ga'zed on the face of the d'ead, And we bi'tterly tho'ught-of the mor'row. We tho'ught (as we hollowed his narrow b'ed, And smoothed down his lo'nely... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 Seiten
...shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him.2 Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke...sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead,3 And we bitterly thought of the morrow.4 We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 Seiten
...shroud we wound 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...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... | |
 | John Frost - 1845 - 458 Seiten
...shroud we wound 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...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... | |
 | sir Charles Gavan Duffy - 1845 - 262 Seiten
...shroud we wound 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...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,... | |
 | 1846 - 436 Seiten
...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...of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow,That the foe and the... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1842 - 316 Seiten
...our bayonets turning, By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And our lanterns dimly burning. 8. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke...of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. 4. We thought as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and... | |
 | Noble Butler - 1846 - 268 Seiten
...Who ia his friend?* [Bem. 11.] An idle reason lessons the weight of the good ones you gave before. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke...; But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead As we bitterly thought on the morrow.— Wolfe. On the sands of lifo Sorrow treads heavily, and leaves... | |
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Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow; But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. 
