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 sheet or in shroud... Selections from the British Poets - Halaman 1661840Tampilan utuh - Tentang buku ini
| 1828 - 316 halaman
...embarked before daylight, and the reserve were alone left We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning ; By the struggling moonbeam's...dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we bound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial... | |
| Alaric Alexander Watts - 1828 - 498 halaman
...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...dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we bound him, But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial... | |
| John Pierpont - 1828 - 320 halaman
...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...dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, But he lay, like a warriour taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him. Nor in sheet, nor in... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 452 halaman
...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 — 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... | |
| 1829 - 434 halaman
...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...word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. ' We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed,... | |
| John Pierpont - 1829 - 290 halaman
...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...dimly burning. 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... | |
| 1832 - 698 halaman
...stanza in particular he considered perfect. 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." Were it our purpose, however, minutely to criticise this production, we should say it was defective,... | |
| George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 halaman
...funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning ; .. By the struggling moonbeam's...word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And... | |
| James Kennedy - 1830 - 506 halaman
...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 halaman
...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.... | |
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