 | John J. Harrod - Readers - 1832 - 338 pages
...martial cloak around him. 162 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 we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe would... | |
 | Moses Severance - Readers - 1832 - 312 pages
...martial cloak wrapt 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 bitterly thought of the morrow. 5. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smooth'd down his... | |
 | James Kennedy - 1833 - 270 pages
...with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moon-beam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast ; Nor in sheet...his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, " You must have been highly gratified hy the classical remains, and the classical recollections of... | |
 | James Hedderwick - Oratory - 1833 - 232 pages
...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...bitterly thought of the morrow: — We thought — as we hollow'd his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow — How the foe and the stranger would... | |
 | James Carrick Moore - 1833 - 434 pages
...dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. v. We thought, as we hollow'd his narrow bed, And smooth'd down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger...tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow ! VI. Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him, — But... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1833 - 312 pages
...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 we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow— How the/oe and... | |
 | Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 pages
...Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we stedfastly gaz'd on the face of the 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 would be rioting over his... | |
 | B. Ducos - Great Britain - 1834 - 444 pages
...Qiought of the morrow. We thonght, as we bollow'd his narrow l>ed , And srnooth'd down his lonely yilluw, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his...far away on the billow ! Lightly they'll talk of the sIiirit that's gone, And o'er his eold ashes upbraid him , — But little he'll reek , if they let... | |
 | James Carrick Moore - 1834 - 434 pages
...dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. V. We thought, as we hollow'd his narrow bed, And smooth'd down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger...tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow! VI. Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him,— But little... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1834 - 360 pages
...prayers we said', We spoke not a word of sorrow'; But steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead', And bitterly thought' . . of the morrow'. We thought',...we hollowed his narrow bed', And smoothed down his lowly pillow', That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head'. And we' ... far away o'er... | |
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... 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. Few and short were the prayers we said And we spoke... 
