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. The English Poets - Seite 324herausgegeben von - 1894Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Lyre - 1830 - 396 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 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, as we... | |
| Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1831 - 356 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 — thought —... | |
| James Campbell (teacher of English.) - 1832 - 274 Seiten
...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...word of sorrow; But we stedfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollow'd his narrow bed, And... | |
| Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 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...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... | |
| James Hedderwick - 1833 - 232 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 —... | |
| James Carrick Moore - 1833 - 434 Seiten
...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...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. v. We thought,... | |
| Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 Seiten
...lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclos'd his breast, Nor in sheet, nor in shroud, we bound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With...we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we stedfastly gaz'd on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollow'd his... | |
| John Pierpont - 1835 - 278 Seiten
...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 steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we... | |
| 1836 - 884 Seiten
...the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not 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 steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead. And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, aa we... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - 1838 - 336 Seiten
...misty light, And the lantern dimly hurning, cc 2 No useless coffin enclosed his hreast, 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 hitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollow'd his narrow hed, And smooth'd down his lonely... | |
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