 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.  Annual Register - Page 326edited by - 1818Full view - About this book
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1819 - 822 pages
...struggling moon-beam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breatt, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we bound him; But he lay liks a warrior taking his rest. With his martial cloak around him. Few and short were the prayers we... | |
 | Classical philology - 1828 - 358 pages
...Yirgil VII. " No useless coffin inclosed 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. * * * « We spoke not a word of sorrow, But stedfastly gazed on the face that was dead." Wolfe's Ode... | |
 | H. Biglow, Orville Luther Holley - American literature - 1817 - 492 pages
...struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Kol in sheet nor in shroud we bound him, But he lay like a warrior taking bis re«t, With his martial cloak around him. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke... | |
 | England - 1850 - 938 pages
...even in the attitnde of repose, at once arrested the eye. Tall, athletic, and dignified, " He l.-ty like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him." I saw before me one of the bravest, the most distinguished, the most trusted of the Generals who fonght... | |
 | English literature - 1818 - 596 pages
...tlie struggling moon-beams' misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin inclos'd his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we bound him...taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him. Both few and short were the pray'rs we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we stedfastly... | |
 | 1825 - 458 pages
...moonbeam's misty llfht. And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed bis breast. Nor In sbeet nor In shroud we bound him. But he lay like a warrior taking his rest. With I. is martial cloak around Dim. Few and short were the prayers we said. And we apok-e not a word of... | |
 | Wales - 1853 - 1162 pages
...diecharged bis farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried. No useless coffin enclosed hiabreat>t, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we bound him, But he lay...taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him. Yn fad oedd y tebwrdd, galarnad ni fu, Tr.i ei [rorff i'r amgacrau cyrchasom ; Ni baethai un milwr,... | |
 | Mordecai Manuel Noah - Africa, North - 1819 - 508 pages
...moon-beam's misty light. And the lantern dimly burning. / No useless coffins enclosed his breast, Not in sheet nor in shroud we bound him, But he lay like a warrior takmg his rest, AVi'li his martial cloak around him. But half of our heavy task was done, When the... | |
 | Dorothea Primrose Campbell - 1821 - 552 pages
...that period, and shall in the following chapter proceed with my own story. CHAPCHAPTER XX. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we bound him, But he sunk in the ocean wave to rest, With an ensign wrapped around him. Away ! away ! the laurel now Must... | |
 | Thomas Medwin - 1824 - 574 pages
...After he had come to an end, he repeated the third, and said it was perfect, particularly the lines " But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, " With his martial cloak around him." " I should have taken," said Shelley, " the whole for a rough sketch of Campbell's." " No," replied... | |
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