 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 - Page 204edited by - 1857 - 397 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Moses Severance - 1832 - 312 pages
...with our bayonets turning, By the trembling moon-beams' misty light, And our lantern dimly burning. 3. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet, nor in shroud we bound him ; But he lay— like a warrior taking his rest, His martial cloak wrapt around him. 4. Few... | |
 | James Kennedy - 1833 - 270 pages
...we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with...useless coffin enclosed his breast ; Nor in sheet nor shroud we bound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him.... | |
 | James Carrick Moore - 1833 - 434 pages
...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...moonbeam's 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... | |
 | Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 pages
...discharg'd his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried. We buried him darkly, at dead of the night, The sods with our bayonets turning, By the...light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclos'd his breast, Nor in sheet, nor in shroud, we bound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his... | |
 | James Hedderwick - 1833 - 232 pages
...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 our bayonets turning, By the struggling moon-beams' misty light, • And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast,... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1833 - 312 pages
...hurried-; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave, where our Hero was buried. 2 We buried him darkly; at dead of night; The sods with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moon-beams' misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. 3 No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor... | |
 | Moses Severance - 1833 - 304 pages
...our bayonets turning, By the trembling moon-beams' misty light, i And our lantern dimly burning. 3. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet, nor in shroud we bound him; But he lay— like a warrior taking his rest, His martial cloak wrapt around him. 4. Few... | |
 | James Carrick Moore - 1834 - 434 pages
...hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero was buried. II. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with...moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. in. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet or in shroud we wound him ; IV. Few and short... | |
 | James Carrick Moore - 1834 - 436 pages
...hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero was buried. n. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with...moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. in. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet or in shroud we wound him ; Iv. Few and short... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1834 - 360 pages
...following examples, although an ordinary reader would pronounce them without any such pauses. Examples. — No useless coffin . . enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet, nor in shroud, we bound him; But he lay ... like a warriour taking his rest . . . With his martial cloak around him.... | |
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