 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...  Battles of the Nineteenth Century - Pagina 352door Archibald Forbes - 1896Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Edmund Burke - 1819 - 822 pagina’s
...rampart we hurried, Not a soldier di>charged his farewell shot O'er the 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, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless... | |
 | 1817 - 560 pagina’s
...rampart 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 our bayonets turning; By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in... | |
 | 1813 - 410 pagina’s
...rampart 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 moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in... | |
 | H. Biglow, Orville Luther Holley - 1817 - 492 pagina’s
...rampart 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 our bayonets turning ; By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Kol in... | |
 | 1817 - 708 pagina’s
...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 our bayonets turning, By the struggling moon-beam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor... | |
 | 1818 - 506 pagina’s
...rampart 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 - 1264 pagina’s
...rampart 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-beam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. Nooiseless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor... | |
 | 1825 - 458 pagina’s
...raoipart we hurried; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot ' O'er the grave where our hero we burial We buried him darkly at dead of night. The sods with our bayonets turning, — By the straggling moonbeam's misty llfht. And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed bis breast.... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1818 - 798 pagina’s
...rampart we hurried, Not a soldier dUcharged his farewell shot O'er the 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, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless... | |
 | Mordecai Manuel Noah - 1819 - 508 pagina’s
...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 our bayonets turning, By the struggling moon-beam's misty light. And the lantern dimly burning. / No useless coffins enclosed his breast, Not... | |
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