 | English poetry - 1828 - 814 pages
...And the lantern dimly burning. — No useless coffin inclosed his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we bound him, . But he lay like a warrior taking his...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 his... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - English poetry - 1828 - 422 pages
...light, And 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...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... | |
 | William Brittainham Lacey - Elocution - 1828 - 308 pages
...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 taking his rest, With...we said, And 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... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - English poetry - 1828 - 600 pages
...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 taking his rest, With...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... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 pages
...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...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 —... | |
 | Charles Wolfe - Sermons, English - 1828 - 312 pages
...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 steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. V. We thought,... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 414 pages
...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 gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow — 5 We thought —... | |
 | Theology - 1829 - 434 pages
...lantern dimly burning. ' No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet or in shroud we wound 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 that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. ' We thought, as... | |
 | John Pierpont - Readers - 1829 - 290 pages
...taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him. * Who fell in the battle of Corunna, hi Spain, 1808. Few and short were the prayers 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... | |
 | Lyre - English poetry - 1830 - 396 pages
...light, And 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...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... | |
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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. Few and short were the... 
