 | William Enfield, James Pycroft - 1851 - 422 Seiten
...darkly, at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning, No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we wound him, But he lay like...word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed And smooth'd... | |
 | Cam river - 1851 - 380 Seiten
...moonbeam's misty light, And the lanthorn dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we wound him, But he lay like...we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we stedfastly gazed on the face of the dead, As we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought as we hollowed... | |
 | Frederic Charles Cook - 1851 - 118 Seiten
...sheet, nor in shroud we wound him : But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial coat around him. Few and short were the prayers we said,...bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollow'd his narrow bed, And smooth'd down his lonely pillow, The foe and the stranger would tread... | |
 | Ernest Clark Hartwell - 1921 - 450 Seiten
...misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin inclosed his breast, Not in sheet or in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior...word of sorrow; But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, 1 And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed And... | |
 | Sir Henry John Newbolt - 1922 - 1032 Seiten
...misty light And the lanthorn dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet or in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior...bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollow'd his narrow bed And smooth'd down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread... | |
 | Padraic Colum - 1922 - 388 Seiten
...misty light, And 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...we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought as we hollow'd his narrow bed, And smooth'd down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig, Asa Don Dickinson - 1922 - 1920 Seiten
...misty light And the lanthorn dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet or in shroud we wound him; But he lay like a warrior...that was dead. And we bitterly thought of the morrow. '6 We thought as we hollow'd his narrow bed. And smooth'd down his lonely pillow. That the foe and... | |
 | George Roy Elliott, Norman Foerster - 1923 - 864 Seiten
...lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet nor in shroud we wound him, 10 But he lay like a warrior taking his rest With his...But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, 15 And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down... | |
 | Jay Broadus Hubbell, John Owen Beaty - 1923 - 566 Seiten
...moonbeam's misty light And 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...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. We thought, as we hollow'd... | |
 | 1916 - 568 Seiten
...By the struggling moonbeam's misty light And the lantern dimly burning. N'o useless coffin enclosed his breast. Not in sheet nor in shroud we wound him,...martial cloak around him. Few and short were the prayers wo said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow, But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And... | |
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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. 
