 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.  The Poets of the Nineteenth Century - Sida 204redigerad av - 1857 - 397 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Edmund Burke - 1819 - 822 sidor
...grave where our hero was buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our baxonets turning, By the struggling moon-beam's misty light,...lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breatt, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we bound him; But he lay liks a warrior taking his rest. With his... | |
 | 1911 - 592 sidor
...random guns of the enemy broke the stillness — ' 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 ' * — gives, in its dignity and the total absence of sensationalism and braggart exaggeration, a... | |
 | 1813 - 410 sidor
...we hurried; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero was buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with...enclosed 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... | |
 | 1817 - 708 sidor
...preservation in a fafer repository ; and we have accordingly inserted it among our original pieces. ED. 2 N We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with...enclosed 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... | |
 | H. Biglow, Orville Luther Holley - 1817 - 492 sidor
...we hurried, Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot, O'er the grave, where ourhero we buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night. The sods with...dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Kol in sheet nor in shroud we bound him, But he lay like a warrior taking bis re«t, With his martial... | |
 | 1817 - 694 sidor
...buried him darkly at dead of night, The eads with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moon-benm's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless...enclosed 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... | |
 | H. Biglow, Orville Luther Holley - 1817 - 502 sidor
...the grave, where our hero we buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with ourbayonets turning ; By the struggling moonbeam's misty light,...dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet nor in shroud we bound h;m. But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial... | |
 | John Evans - 1817 - 610 sidor
...farewell shot O'er the grave where our HEBO was buried! We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sod with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moon-beam's...And the lantern dimly burning ! No useless coffin inclosed his breast, Nor iu sheet nor in shroud we bound him , But he lay like a WARRIOR taking his... | |
 | 1818 - 506 sidor
...we hurried : Not a toldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero wan fc./' M We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning, . By the struggling moonoeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin encUxted his breast i Nor... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1818 - 798 sidor
...grave where our hero was buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our tmxonets turning, By the struggling moon-beam's misty light,...enclosed 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... | |
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