 | John J. Harrod - 1832 - 338 Seiten
...martial cloak around him. 162 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, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe would... | |
 | Moses Severance - 1832 - 312 Seiten
...martial cloak wrapt 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 bitterly thought of the morrow. 5. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smooth'd down his... | |
 | James Kennedy - 1833 - 272 Seiten
...our bayonets turning", By the struggling moon-beam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. • No useless coffin enclosed his breast ; Nor in sheet...his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, " You must have been highly gratified by the classical remains, and the classical recollections of... | |
 | James Carrick Moore - 1833 - 434 Seiten
...dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. v. We thought, as we hollow'd his narrow bed, And smooth'd down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger...tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow ! VI. Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him, — But... | |
 | James Hedderwick - 1833 - 232 Seiten
...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 on the face of the...bitterly thought of the morrow: — We thought — as we hollow'd his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow — How the foe and the stranger would... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1833 - 312 Seiten
...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—as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow— How the/oe and... | |
 | Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 Seiten
...Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we stedfastly gaz'd on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollow'd his narrow bed,' And smooth'd down his lonely pillow, That the foe would be rioting over his... | |
 | B. Ducos - 1834 - 444 Seiten
...Qiought of the morrow. We thonght, as we bollow'd his narrow l>ed , And srnooth'd down his lonely yilluw, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his...far away on the billow ! Lightly they'll talk of the sIiirit that's gone, And o'er his eold ashes upbraid him , — But little he'll reek , if they let... | |
 | James Carrick Moore - 1834 - 434 Seiten
...dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. V. We thought, as we hollow'd his narrow bed, And smooth'd down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger...tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow! VI. Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him,— But little... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1834 - 360 Seiten
...prayers we said', We spoke not a word of sorrow'; But steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead', And bitterly thought' . . of the morrow'. We thought',...we hollowed his narrow bed', And smoothed down his lowly pillow', That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head'. And we' ... far away o'er... | |
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... 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 prayers we said And we spoke... 
