 | Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 pages
...lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we...thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollow'd his narrow bed,' And smooth'd down his lonely pillow, That the foe would be rioting over his head, And... | |
 | James Hedderwick - 1833 - 232 pages
...like a warrior taking his rest — With his martial cloak around him ! Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow; But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow: — We thought —... | |
 | James Carrick Moore - 1833 - 434 pages
...lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. v. We thought,... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1833 - 312 pages
...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 gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow— 5 We thought—as... | |
 | James Carrick Moore - 1834 - 434 pages
...coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet or in shroud we wound him ; IV. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. V. We thought,... | |
 | James Carrick Moore - 1834 - 436 pages
...coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet or in shroud we wound him ; Iv. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1835 - 420 pages
...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 stedfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow — 5 We thought — as we hollowed... | |
 | 1835 - 320 pages
...the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And our lanterns dimly burning. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow, But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead! And we bitterly thought on the morrow. No useless coffin... | |
 | 1836 - 884 pages
...lay like a warrior taking his rest. With his martial cloak around him. Few and short were the prayers we said. And we spoke not a word of sorrow, But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead. And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, aa we... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1838 - 412 pages
...the prayers 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 hollow'd his narrow bed, And smooth'd down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his... | |
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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. 
