 | John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 Seiten
...taking his rest— With his martial cloak around him ! Nor in sheet nor in shroud we wound him j * , r ' Few and short were the prayers 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... | |
 | George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 804 Seiten
...shrouds we bound him, But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him. t perchance they were of fame, And had been glorious in another day : Bat one sad stedfastly ga/ed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we... | |
 | 1826 - 696 Seiten
...like a warrior taking his rest, With bis martial cloak around him. Few and short were the рглуон we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on (he f-ice of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the rourrow. We thought as we hollowed his narrow... | |
 | 1827 - 554 Seiten
...shroud we bound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking In- rest, With his martial cloak around him. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gaz'd on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. Wethoughtaswe hollowM his narrow... | |
 | 1827 - 854 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 not a word of sorrow ; But we stedfastly gazed on the face that Was dead, And we bitterly though t of the morrow. We thought, as... | |
 | 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 not a word of sorrow ; But we stedfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. V. We thoughtj as... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - 1828 - 600 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...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... | |
 | Charles Wolfe - 1828 - 312 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 thought, as we hollow'd his narrow bed, And smooth'd down his lonely pillow, That the foe and... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 266 Seiten
...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 of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow — We thought — as we hollowed his narrow bed,... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 414 Seiten
...him ; But he lay — like a warrior taking his rest — • With his martial cloak around him ! -4 Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke...word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow — 5 We thought — as we hollowed 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, Not in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest With his martial cloak around him. 
