 | Anniversary calendar - Almanacs, English - 1832 - 548 pages
...occasion requires. Imcrates. ~u No useless coffin coufin'il his breast, Nor in sheet, nor in shrond, we bound him; But he lay, like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him. — Wolfe. acts. THIS day the Roman citizens dedicated to the goddess Concord. William de Hamilton,... | |
 | Moses Severance - Readers - 1832 - 312 pages
...moon-beams' misty light, And our lantern dimly burning. 3. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet, nor in shroud 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 "not a... | |
 | Naval art and science - 1875 - 1132 pages
...described by Wolfe — " No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet, nor in shrond we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him." FUGITIVE SLAVES AND QUEEN'S SHIPS. following correspondence has passed between the Admiralty and the... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1834 - 360 pages
...moon-beam's misty light', And our lantern dimly burning'. No useless coffinf 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'. 'Lln'dJn— not, Lin'dun. bE'ser. 0Kum'bit.... | |
 | B. Ducos - Great Britain - 1834 - 444 pages
...sheet or in shroud we wound hini ; But he lay like a warrior <aking his resl, With his'martial eloak around him. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we s|ioke not a Word of sorrow : But we steadfastly gazed on the faee that was dead , And we bitterly... | |
 | 1834 - 464 pages
...it was inferior to the simple truth of the poet, — " No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet, nor in shroud we bound him, But he lay, like...taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him." Near Sir John Moore's, is a monument to Sir Ralph Abercromby, which presents a very imposing appearance.... | |
 | Songs - 1835 - 320 pages
...face of the dead! And we bitterly thought on the morrow. No useless coffin confin'd his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we bound him, But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, We thought as we heap'd the narrow bed, And smooth'd down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger... | |
 | 1836 - 418 pages
...is met, and now, prostrate on that car, held down by the icy hands of its first occupant, he lies " like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him." It hurries on unretarded in its course, and now, aided by the north wind, may be seen gliding over... | |
 | William Beattie - Scotland - 1838 - 306 pages
...subject. — Architect. Antiq. of Great Britain, III. 19. " No useless coffin enclosed his breast. Nor in sheet nor in shroud we bound him ; But he lay like...taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him." The founder of this chapel, according to the authority already quoted, lived in great state at his... | |
 | Jesse Olney - Readers - 1838 - 346 pages
...lantern dimly burning. 3. 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 ! 4. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly... | |
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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. 
