 | Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 414 pagina’s
...EXERCISES ON MODULATION. \^ /"• , .249 r 3 No useless coffin enclosed his breast, . "~i— -; • Nor in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ; But he lay...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... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 418 pagina’s
...bayonets turning, By the struggling moon-beams' misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. 3 No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ; But he lay—like a warrior taking his rest— With his martial cloak around him ! 4 Few and short were the... | |
 | Richard Thomson - 1828 - 426 pagina’s
...continued to pace the Church, when others withdrew to their Taverns and Ordinaries. There he lay, " i like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him," in his hood and shirt of mail, and clothed in his splendid tabard of Gules, with golden crosslets ;... | |
 | 1832 - 698 pagina’s
...forth." The third stanza in particular he considered perfect. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet, nor in shroud we wound him ; But he lay...taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him." Were it our purpose, however, minutely to criticise this production, we should say it was defective,... | |
 | Miss Pardoe (Julia) - 1829 - 300 pagina’s
...of England !" CHAP. XV. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shrond we bound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him!" Rev. C. WOIFK. A Warrior's Burial. WHEN the lady of Rossenville closed the door of the apartment in... | |
 | James Kennedy - 1830 - 506 pagina’s
...if they were the Greeks of No useless coffin enclosed his breast ; Nor in sheet nor shroud we bound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With...were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word in sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow.... | |
 | James Kennedy - 1830 - 502 pagina’s
...if they were the Greeks of No useless coffin enclosed his breast ; Nor in sheet nor shroud we bound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With...were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word in sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow.... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1830 - 420 pagina’s
...O'er the grave, where pqr Hero was buried. 2 We buried him darkly ; at dead of night, . 3 No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ! But he lay — Kke a warrior taking his rest — With his martial cloak around him ! , 4 Few and short were the... | |
 | 1831 - 318 pagina’s
...lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we bound hire ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his...we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we stedfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we... | |
 | 1831 - 272 pagina’s
...of Corunna. lite No useless coffin pnclosed }ijs breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we bound Him; Bu he lay like a warrior taking his rest. With his martial cloak around him. Few an4 short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word in sorrow ; But we stedfustly gazed on... | |
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By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him. 
