 O'er the grave where our hero we buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning; By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet nor in shroud...  The Freemason's Monthly Magazine - Page 2491844Full view - About this book
 | 1825 - 424 pages
...buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning, — By the struggling moonbeams' misty light. And the 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... | |
 | Great Britain - 1826 - 520 pages
...misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. S. " 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... | |
 | Great Britain - 1826 - 494 pages
...light, And the lantern 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... | |
 | George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 804 pages
...hero we bnried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning, — By the for H.L. Broenner confined his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shrouds we bound him, But he lay like a warrior taking his... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1826 - 852 pages
...buried. -"w . We buried him darkly at dead of night, — The soda with our bayonets turning, — By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the 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... | |
 | Charles Wolfe, John Abraham Russell - Sermons, English - 1827 - 500 pages
...misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. III. 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 his martial cloak around him. IV. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we stedfastly gazed... | |
 | 1827 - 854 pages
...buried. 2 Y2 348 We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning ; By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern...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 his martial cloak around... | |
 | Walter Scott - Europe - 1827 - 702 pages
...had come to an end, lie 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,' replied... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 452 pages
...was buried. 2 We buried him darkly ; at dead of night, 3 No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ; But he lay —...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... | |
 | William Brittainham Lacey - Elocution - 1828 - 308 pages
...hero we buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning ; By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern...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 his martial cloak around... | |
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