 | Readers - 1875 - 324 pages
...1872. The Soldier's Dirge is from his War Lyrics, aud was written in mBmory of Gen. Phil. Kearuey. his eyes ; his work is done ; What to him is friend...snow ! What cares he? he cannot know; Lay him low! 2. As man may, he fought his fight, Proved his truth by his endeavor; Let him sleep in solemn right,... | |
 | J. C. Gobrecht - 1875 - 290 pages
...pretty frame cottage, standing on a knoll and surrounded by luxuriant foliage. THE CEMETERY. Close his eyes, his work is done ; What to him is friend...of moon or set of sun, Hand of man or kiss of woman ! "As many may, he fought his fight, Proved his truth by his endeavor; Let him sleep in solemn night,... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1875 - 560 pages
...Roll the drum and fire the volley ! What to him are all our wars, What but death-bemocking folly ? Lay him low, lay him low, In the clover or the snow ! What cares he ? he cannot know : Lav him low ! Leave him to 6od:s watching eye, Trust him to the hand that made him. Mortal love weeps... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1875 - 392 pages
...bright, And the world is a braver world to-day. GEORGE H. BOKER. [VSA] DIRGE FOR A SOLDIER. CI.OSR his eyes : his work is done ! What to him is friend or I'oeman, Rise of moon, or set of sun, Hand of man, or kiss nf woman? Lay him low, lay him low, In the... | |
 | James Willis Westlake - American literature - 1876 - 168 pages
...Regiment, and The Ballad of Sir John Franklin, all of which are excellent of their kind. RXTRACT. Close his eyes, his work is done ; What to him is friend...What cares he ? — he cannot know ; Lay him low. Dirge for a Soldier, TAYLOR. 1825-1878. Bayard Taylor, an eminent traveller, poet, and novelist, was... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1876 - 562 pages
...eye, Trust him to the hand that made him. Mortal love weeps idly by : God alone has power to aid him. Lay him low, lay him low, In the clover or the snow ! What cares he? he cannot know: Lay him low ! LOUI8E CHANDLER MOULTON. [U. s. Al THE HOUSE IN THE MEADOW. IT stands in a sunny meadow, The house... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1877 - 576 pages
...evening skies Together they followed the cattle home. KATE PUTNAM OSCOOD. DIRGE FOR A SOLDIER. CLOSE his eyes ; his work is done ! What to him is friend or foeman, Eise of moon or set of sun, Hand of man or kiss of woman ? Lay him low, lay him low, In the clover... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1877 - 630 pages
...the drum and fire the volley ! What to him are all our wars ? — What but death-bemocking folly ? Lay him low, lay him low, In the clover or the snow ! Leave him to God's watching eye ; Trust him to the hand that made him. Mortal love weeps idly by... | |
 | John Seely Hart - English language - 1878 - 396 pages
...in which every vowel regularly alternates with a consonant, and nearly every consonant is a liquid: Lay him low, lay him low, In the clover or the snow: What cares he? ho cannot know: Lay him low. — Boker. A word, though otherwise euphonious, is disagreeable to the... | |
 | Maria Nethercott - 1878 - 310 pages
...beside bim, almost as lifeless. " Lay him down, his work is done, Vain for him is friend or foeman, Him; of moon, or set of sun, Hand of man, or kiss of woman." CHAPTER V. DONAL BECOMES CONSIDERATE. As I walked home, with the sharp blast of approaching spring... | |
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Lay him low, lay him low, In the clover or the snow ! What cares he? he cannot know: Lay him low... 
