 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.  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 2741817Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1838 - 348 pages
...rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with...dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet or in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1838 - 412 pages
...rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with...light. And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enelosed his breast, Not in sheet or in shroud we wound htm But he lay like a warrior taking his rest,... | |
 | William Martin - 1838 - 368 pages
...ramparts we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero was buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with...light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin confined his breast, Nor in sheet, nor in shroud we bound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1838 - 316 pages
...we hurried; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave, where our Hero'was buried. 2 We buried him darkly; at dead of night; The sods with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moon-beams' misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. 3 No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...ramparts we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our Hero we buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moon-beams misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1838 - 346 pages
...we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our Hero was buried. 2. We buried him darkly ; at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning; By the struggling moon-beams' misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. 3. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1838 - 336 pages
...hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we hurled. We huried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning, — By the struggling moonheam's misty light, And the lantern dimly hurning, cc 2 No useless coffin enclosed his hreast,... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1839 - 362 pages
...of night', The sod with our bayonets' turning', By the trembling moon-beam's misty light', And our lantern dimly burning'. No useless coffin' enclosed...in shroud', we bound him'; But he lay' . . . like a warriour taking his rest', With his martial cloak around him'. Few and short were the prayers we said',... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1839 - 316 pages
...Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave, where our Hero was buried. 2 We buried htm darkly; at dead of night; The sods with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moon-beams' misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. 3 No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor... | |
 | 1840 - 368 pages
...rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with...dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet or in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial... | |
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