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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... "
Conversations on religion, with lord Byron and others - Page 293
by James Kennedy - 1830 - 461 pages
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The Living Age, Volume 154

1882 - 844 pages
..."The Burial of Sir John Moore," I find, — 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. It would be tedious (though not uninstructive) to give a list of the Gaelicisms which are to be found...
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The Prose Workd of Mrs. Ellis: The poetry of life. Pictures of private life ...

Sarah Stickney Ellis - English literature - 1844 - 522 pages
...And died." She stoop'd to rip the wave. " We thought as we hollowed 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." " We thought as we hollowed his liltle bed, '• And dug out his lonely pillow, "That the foe and the...
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The Quaver; or, Songster's pocket companion

Quaver - Songs - 1844 - 552 pages
...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 confined his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we bound him ; We...
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A Treatise on Grammatical Punctuation: Designed for Letter Writers, Authors ...

John Wilson - English language - 1844 - 142 pages
...start of displeasure, the chances are against your getting loose, until he is satisfied to let you go. We thought as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow How the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow. From the first...
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The Royal Minstrel: Or, Melodist's Pocket Songster; a Choice Collection of ...

Printers - 1844 - 328 pages
...the dm:. And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought as we heap'd his narrow bed, And smooth'd down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er Ml head. And we far away on the billow. Lightly they 11 talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his...
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The Freemason's Monthly Magazine, Volume 3

Freemasonry - 1844 - 402 pages
...prayers we said, . And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the lace that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought as we hollow'd his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread...
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Magic Casements

American poetry - 1926 - 780 pages
...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 we hollow'd his narrow bed And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread...
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Traveling Light

Mildred Hornsby Harrigan - Morocco - 1928 - 316 pages
...with our bayonets turning; By the struggling moonbeams' misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed...tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow! Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory; We carved not a line,...
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Little Folks: A Magazine for the Young

1883 - 864 pages
...WATERLOO. i. W illiam. 2. A djective. 3. T urban. 5. R iddle. 6. L ion. 7. 0 pal. 8. POETICAL PUZZLE. ' We thought as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, How the foe and the stranger would trea And we far away on the billow." NAMES OF CELEBRATED ENIGMATICALLY...
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McGuffey's Fourth Eclectic Reader

William Holmes McGuffey - Juvenile Nonfiction - 1879 - 372 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, That the foe and...
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