 | James Kennedy - Poets, English - 1830 - 506 pages
...if they were the Greeks of No useless coffin enclosed his breast ; Nor in sheet nor shroud we bound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With...were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word in sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow.... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - Elocution - 1831 - 356 pages
...with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moon-beams' misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet...the dead, ». And we bitterly thought of the morrow — thought — as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow — That the foe... | |
 | John Pierpont - Readers - 1831 - 294 pages
...coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet, nor in shroud, we bound him.; But he lay, like a warriour taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him....morrow. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe would be rioting over his head, And we far away on the... | |
 | Peninsular War, 1807-1814 - 1831 - 318 pages
...lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we bound hire ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his...we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we stedfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1832 - 310 pages
...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,...we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ! But we stedfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we... | |
 | James Campbell (teacher of English.) - 1832 - 274 pages
...with our bayonets turning; 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 said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow; But we stedfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we... | |
 | Moses Severance - Readers - 1832 - 312 pages
...we bound him ; But he lay— like a warrior taking his rest, His martial cloak wrapt around him. 4. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke...we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And bitterly thought of the morrow. 5. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smooth'd down his... | |
 | James Hedderwick - Oratory - 1833 - 232 pages
...our bayonets turning, By the struggling moon-beams' misty light, • And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet...bitterly thought of the morrow: — We thought — as we hollow'd his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow — How the foe and the stranger would... | |
 | James Carrick Moore - 1833 - 434 pages
...misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. III. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet or in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior...word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. v. We thought, as we hollow'd his narrow bed,... | |
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By the struggling moonbeam's 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 like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him. 
