 | Thomas Medwin - 1825 - 606 pages
...lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin confined his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we bound 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... | |
 | 1825 - 424 pages
...lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his brefcst, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we bound 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 steadfastly... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1825 - 710 pages
...dimly burning. 327 " No useless coffin enclosed hi* bruit, Not in sheet or 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 prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed... | |
 | 1825 - 508 pages
...dimly burning. ' No useless coffin enclosed his breast. Not in sheet or in shroud we wound hi m Km 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 steadfastly gazed... | |
 | William Hamilton Maxwell - 1825 - 620 pages
...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;... | |
 | William Hamilton Maxwell - 1825 - 330 pages
...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;... | |
 | Great Britain - 1826 - 520 pages
...feeling with which he recited these admirable stanzas I shall never forget. After he had come to an end, he repeated the third, and said it was perfect, particularly...martial cloak around him.' " ' I should have taken the whole,' said Shelley, ' for a rough sketch of Campbell's.' — ' No,' replied Lord Byron, ' Campbell... | |
 | George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 804 pages
...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 martial cloak around him. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we stedfastly ga/ed... | |
 | Great Britain - 1826 - 494 pages
...dimly burning. 3. " No useless coffin enclos'd his breast, 'Not in sheet or 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... | |
 | Walter Scott - Europe - 1827 - 702 pages
...with which he recited these admirable stanzas I shall never forget. After he had come to an end, lie repeated the third, and said it was perfect, particularly...martial cloak around him.' " « I should have taken the whole/ said Shelley, ' for a rough sketch of Campbell's. « No,' replied Lord Byron, ' Campbell... | |
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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. 
