 | 1825 - 508 Seiten
...dimly burning. ' No useless coffin enclosed his breast. Not in sheet or in shroud we wound hi m Km he lay like a Warrior taking his rest — With his...we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. ' We thought, as... | |
 | George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 804 Seiten
...lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin confined his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shrouds we bound — but whence his name And lineage long, it suits...glorious in another day : Bat one sad losel soils ga/ed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we heap'd his... | |
 | 1827 - 854 Seiten
...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...stedfastly gazed on the face that Was dead, And we bitterly though t of the morrow. We thought, as we hallow'd his narrow bed, And smooth'd down his lonely pillow,... | |
 | Charles Wolfe, John Abraham Russell - 1827 - 500 Seiten
...shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him. IV. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke...that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. V. We thoughtj as we hollow'd his narrow bed. And smooth 'd down his lonely pillow, That the foe and... | |
 | 1828 - 316 Seiten
...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...bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hallow'd his narrow bed, And smooth'd down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1828 - 650 Seiten
...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...we stedfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And wa bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hallow'd his narrow bed, And smooth'd down his... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 266 Seiten
...moon-beams' misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we wound him;] But he lay —...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 — We thought —... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - 1828 - 498 Seiten
...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...word of sorrow, But we stedfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And... | |
 | 1828 - 814 Seiten
...lantern dimly burning. — No useless coffin inclosed his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we bound him, . But he lay like a warrior taking his rest,...word of sorrow ; But we stedfastly gazed on the face of the dead And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - 1828 - 430 Seiten
...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...word of sorrow, But we stedfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And... | |
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O'er the grave where our hero we buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning ; By the struggling moonbeam's misty light And the lantern dimly burning. 
