 | Robert Aris Willmott - American poetry - 1878 - 708 pages
...Slowly, slowly, wondering whether It was all a dream, or true. 608 BOKEK. DIRGE FOR A SOLDIER. CLOSE his eyes — his work is done; What to him is friend or focman, Rise of moon, or set of sun, Hand of man, or kiss of woman ? Lay him low, lay him low, In the... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - American poetry - 1880 - 474 pages
...ticks on with a steady drone. Listen to this heroic Dirge, by GH BOKER, of Philadelphia: — Close his eyes, his work is done ! What to him is friend...Rise of moon, or set of sun, Hand of man, or kiss ot woman ? Lay him low, lay him low, In the clover or the snow ! What cares he ? he cannot know : Lay... | |
 | 1880 - 638 pages
...fancy, from Robert Browning. — FJ II. In answer to CE If. T., Callington. DIRGE FOR. A SOLDIKR. Close his eyes, his work is done ! What to him is friend...foeman, Rise of moon or set of sun, Hand of man, or life of woman ? Lay him low, lay him low, In the clover or the snow ! » What cares he ? he cannot... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1880 - 1124 pages
...fight, Proved his truth by his endeavor ; Let him sleep in solemn night, Sleep forever and forever. is far too nice and clean. No toys, by careless fingers strewn, Upon the floors are seen. No fing ! Fold him in his country's stars, Roll the drum and fire the volley ! What to him are all our wars... | |
 | Willard W. Glazier - Mexican War, 1846-1848 - 1880 - 474 pages
...stars, Eoll 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 knowLay him low." CHAPTEE XXXVII. NATHANIEL LYON. Of Soldier Ancestry.— Early Childhood.— Graduates... | |
 | Willard W. Glazier - Mexican War, 1846-1848 - 1880 - 462 pages
...which we give to leaders who fall in the brunt of battle, while fighting in a glorious cause. " Close his eyes, his work is done, What to him is friend or foeman, Kise of morn or set of sun, Hand of man or kiss of woman ? Lay him low, lay him low, In the clover... | |
 | American poetry - 1881 - 520 pages
...all forgiveness, Shall stream from a million eyes. HENRY HOWARD BROWNELL. Dirge for a Soldier. CLOSE his eyes ; his work is done ! What to him is friend...Rise of moon or set of sun, Hand of man or kiss of vvoman ? Lay him low, lay him low, In the clover or the snow ! What cares he ? he cannot know ; Lay... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1881 - 426 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? he cannot know: Lay him lovr. — Boker. A word, though otherwise euphonious, is disagreeable to the ear. (1.) When two syllables... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - American poetry - 1881 - 1138 pages
...(iREK-SLEAF WHITTIEE. DIRGE FOR A SOLDIER. IN MEMORY or GEN. PHILIP KEARNEY, KILLED SEPT. 1, 18(52. CLOSE los 4 loeman, Rise of moon, or set of вин, Hand of man, or kiss of woman ? Lay him low, lay him low, In... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1882 - 984 pages
...and thou didst cry. "Strike, God! life's cup is running o'er and o'er " D/HGK FOll A SOLDIER. CLOSE his eyes; his work is done! What to him is friend...snow ! What cares he ? he cannot know: Lay him low! cave. As man may, ho fought his fight. Proved his truth by his endeavor; Let him sleep in solemn night,... | |
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