 | Eliza Robbins - American poetry - 1842 - 352 pages
...him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning, — By the struggling moon beam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless...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 we... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1842 - 440 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... | |
 | Charles Wolfe, John Abraham Russell - 1842 - 410 pages
...the lanthorn 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... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1825 - 622 pages
...lantern dimly burning. "No useless coffin enclos'd his breast, Not in sheet or in shroud \ve wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest —...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... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - Readers - 1849 - 316 pages
...our bayonets turning, By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And our lanterns dimly burning. 3. 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. 4. We thought as... | |
 | Readings - English poetry - 1843 - 466 pages
...soldier discharged his farewell shot We buried him darkly, at dead of night, The sod with our hayonets turning, By the struggling moonbeam's misty light,...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... | |
 | John Sydney Taylor - Lawyers - 1843 - 568 pages
...wound him, But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him. Few and ghort were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we stedfostly gaz'd on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we... | |
 | Printers - 1844 - 328 pages
...the struggling moonbeam's mist; light, And the lantern dimly burning. • No useless coffin confln'd his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we bound him...we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gaz'd on the face of the dm:. And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought as we heap'd... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 pages
...lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet, or in shroud, we hound 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... | |
 | Freemasonry - 1844 - 402 pages
...th« lantera 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...said, . And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the lace that was 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... 
