 | Book - 1841 - 164 pages
...struggling moonbeams' misty light, And lantern dimly borning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like...we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we stedfastly gaz'd on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we... | |
 | Cam river - 1841 - 318 pages
...misty light, And the lanthorn dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet or shroud we wound him, But he lay like a warrior taking...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 hollowed... | |
 | American poetry - 1842 - 504 pages
...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 hollow'd his narrow bed, And smooth'd down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1842 - 440 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 hollow'd his narrow bed, And... | |
 | Charles Wolfe, John Abraham Russell - 1842 - 410 pages
...misty light, And the lanthorn dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet or in shroud we wound him But he lay like a warrior taking...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. We thought, as we hollow'd... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - American poetry - 1842 - 352 pages
...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 steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought as we hollowed his narrow bed, And... | |
 | Old Humphrey - Sailors - 1842 - 366 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...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... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1825 - 622 pages
...And the lantern dimly burning. "No useless coffin enclos'd his breast, Not in sheet or in shroud \ve wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest...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. " We thought, as we hollow'd... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - Readers - 1849 - 316 pages
...our bayonets turning, By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And our lanterns dimly burning. 3. 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... | |
 | John Sydney Taylor - Lawyers - 1843 - 568 pages
...By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No UHclcss coffin confined his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we wound him,...his rest, With his martial cloak around him. Few and ghort were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we stedfostly gaz'd on the... | |
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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. 
