 | 1842 - 480 Seiten
...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...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... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - 1842 - 352 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Charles Wolfe, John Abraham Russell - 1842 - 410 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1842 - 440 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1825 - 622 Seiten
...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 - 1849 - 316 Seiten
...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 - 1843 - 466 Seiten
...buried him darkly, at dead of night, The sod with our hayonets turning, By the struggling moonbeam'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 of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we... | |
 | John Sydney Taylor - 1843 - 568 Seiten
...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... | |
 | 1844 - 328 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 Seiten
...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... | |
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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 that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. 
