 | 1825 - 726 pages
...hi, breast, Net in sheet or in shroud we wound him j «/• ui? like * wtrrio' takil>g hit rett— With his martial cloak around him. " Few and short...Were the prayers We said, And we spoke not a word of soirow j fltft we steadfastly gazed on the race that uia» dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow.... | |
 | 1825 - 724 pages
...we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest— With iii'. martial cloak around htm. " 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. " We thought, as... | |
 | George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 804 pages
...light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin confined his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shrouds e hight : — but whence his name And lineage long,...glorious in another day : Bat one sad losel soils ga/ed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we heap'd his... | |
 | 1826 - 494 pages
...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 gaz'd on the face that was dead, And we hitterly thought of the morrow. 5. " We thought,... | |
 | 1826 - 520 pages
...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 gaz'd on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. 5. " We thought,... | |
 | 1826 - 696 pages
...like a warrior taking his rest, With bis martial cloak around him. Few and short were the рглуон we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on (he f-ice of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the rourrow. We thought as we... | |
 | 1827 - 854 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...word of sorrow ; But we stedfastly gazed on the face that Was dead, And we bitterly though t of the morrow. We thought, as we hallow'd his narrow bed, And... | |
 | 1827 - 554 pages
...enclosM his breast, Nor in sheet, nor in shroud we bound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking In- rest, With his martial cloak around him. Few and short...we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gaz'd on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. Wethoughtaswe hollowM... | |
 | Charles Wolfe, John Abraham Russell - 1827 - 500 pages
...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...word of sorrow ; But we stedfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. V. We thoughtj as we hollow'd his narrow bed.... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - 1828 - 422 pages
...remaining, Because those joys are waning. . THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE, WHO FELL AT THE BATTLE OF CORUNHA. NOT a drum was heard, nor a funeral note, As his corse...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... | |
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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... 
