 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
 | Lyre - 1830 - 396 pagina’s
...the 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...lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we bound him, But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1830 - 334 pagina’s
...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...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 —... | |
 | James Kennedy - 1830 - 506 pagina’s
...written by Mr. Wolfe . He said, it was the finest epitaph ever written*. * Not a drum was heard, nor a funeral note As his corse to the rampart we hurried...grave where our hero we buried. We buried him darkly tit dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning, . By the struggling moon-beam's misty light,... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1831 - 294 pagina’s
...CV Burial of Sir John Moore.* — C. WOLFE. NOT a drum, was heard, nor a funeral note, As his coise to the rampart we hurried ;. Not a soldier discharged...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... | |
 | 1831 - 318 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... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1831 - 356 pagina’s
...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...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 —... | |
 | 1831 - 272 pagina’s
...ramparts we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot, Oe'r the grave where our hero was buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The...moon-beams misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. • Sir John Moore was killed by a cannon shot at the battle of Corunna, January lltli, 1809. He was... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pagina’s
...a dawn Of light ne'er seen before, As fancy never could have drawn, And never can restore ! BUlllAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. NOT a drum was heard, not a funeral...lantern 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... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1832 - 310 pagina’s
...the surrender of the victim. LI. BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORB.* Rev. John 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... | |
 | John J. Harrod - 1832 - 338 pagina’s
...be written — [ HAVE DONE!/ LESSON LXXIX. Burial of Sir John Moore.* 1. Not a drum was heard, nor a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried;...farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried. 2. We buried him darkly, at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moon-beam's... | |
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