 Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the 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 our bayonets turning ; By the struggling...  The Library of Poetry and Song - Pagina 920geredigeerd door - 1925 - 1100 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | John Pierpont - 1828 - 320 pagina’s
...thy mystic treasures. LESSON CV. Burial of Sir John Moore.*—ANONYMOUS. NOT a drum-was heard, nor a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried;...sods with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moon-beam's misty light, And the lantern, dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, But... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - 1828 - 430 pagina’s
...waning. C. THE BURIAL, OF SIR JOHN MOORE, WHO FELL AT THE BATTLE OP CORUNNA. NOT a drum was heard, nor a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried...sods with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - 1828 - 498 pagina’s
...waning. C. THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE, WHO FELL AT THE BATTLE OP COHUNNA. NOT a drum was heard, nor a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried...sods with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - 1828 - 422 pagina’s
...waning. . THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE, WHO FELL AT THE BATTLE OF CORUNHA. NOT a drum was heard, nor a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried...sods with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in... | |
 | 1828 - 316 pagina’s
...obsequies of the hero whom they commemorate, that no apology is necessary for introducing them here. THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. Not a drum was heard, not...farewell shot, O'er the grave where our hero we buried. Meantime, General Hope, on whom the chief command had devolved, was passing the night in the embarkation... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 266 pagina’s
...hurried; •Garth. 8* 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...lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we wound him;] But he lay — like a warrior taking his rest—-... | |
 | 1828 - 814 pagina’s
...ramparts was 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...And the lantern dimly burning. — No useless coffin inclosed his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we bound him, . But he lay like a warrior taking his... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1828 - 650 pagina’s
...obsequies of the hero whom they commemorate, that no apology is necessary for introducing them here. THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. Not a drum was heard, not...the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged bis farewell shot, O'er the grave where our hero we buried. Meantime, General Hope, on whom tin: chief... | |
 | 1829 - 434 pagina’s
...chaplain ; and the corpse was covered with earth." ' — Edinburgh Annual Register, 1808, p. 458. ' Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to...sods with our bayonets turning ; By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. ' No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1829 - 290 pagina’s
...with thy blest measures. LESSON CV. Burial of Sir John Moore.* — C. WOLFE, NOT a drum was heard, nor a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried...sods with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moon-beam's misty light, And the lantern, dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor... | |
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