 | Thomas Medwin - 1825 - 578 pagina’s
...lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin confined his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his...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. We thought, as we... | |
 | 1825 - 724 pagina’s
...we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest— With iii'. martial cloak around htm. " Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke...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,... | |
 | 1825 - 726 pagina’s
...hi, breast, Net in sheet or in shroud we wound him j «/• ui? like * wtrrio' takil>g hit rett— With his martial cloak around him. " Few and short...Were the prayers We said, And we spoke not a word of soirow j fltft we steadfastly gazed on the race that uia» dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow.... | |
 | William Hamilton Maxwell - 1825 - 330 pagina’s
...Commander. VOL.L CHAPTER IV. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet or in shroud we bound him; He lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him. JToolfa. THOUSANDS were spectators of the engagement from the eminences of Boston, and its environs;... | |
 | William Hamilton Maxwell - 1825 - 620 pagina’s
...VOL. I. CHAPTER IV. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet or in shroud we bound him ; He lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him. Woolf*. THOUSANDS were spectators of the engagement from the eminences of Boston, and its environs;... | |
 | George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 804 pagina’s
...lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin confined his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shrouds we bound him, But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his...we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we stedfastly ga/ed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we... | |
 | 1826 - 520 pagina’s
...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 gaz'd on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. 5. " We thought, as we hollow'd... | |
 | John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | 1826 - 494 pagina’s
...he had come to an end, he repeated the third, and said it was perfect, particularly the lines — ' But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him.' '* ' I should have taken the whole,' said Shelley, ' for a rough sketch of Campbell's.' — ' No,'... | |
 | 1826 - 696 pagina’s
...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... | |
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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. 
