 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 Hanbury Dwyer - 1844 - 318 pagina’s
...himself endures. THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. NOT a drum was heard nor a funeral note, As his corse o'er the rampart we hurried, Not a soldier discharged his...buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sod with our bayonets turning, By the trembling moon-beams' misty light, And our lantern dimly burning.... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pagina’s
...vnraistiblc might of weakness, shaking the powers of darkness." THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE.1 NOT a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to...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... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pagina’s
...WOLFE, with an interesting memoir of his life. THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. 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, Not in... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pagina’s
...drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the ramparts we hurried : Not a soldier discharg'd his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we...light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclos'd his breast, Not in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his... | |
 | William Russell - 1845 - 410 pagina’s
...hence, proclaim, cry it about the streets !" EXERCISES ON PITCH. Low Notes. " Not a drum was heard, nor a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried;...buried. We buried him darkly, at dead of night, The sod with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning."... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1845 - 482 pagina’s
...Burial of Sir John Moore. WOLFE. NOT a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the ramparts we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell...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... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1845 - 492 pagina’s
...himself endures. THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. NOT a drum was heard nor a funeral note, As his corse o'er the rampart we hurried, Not a soldier discharged his...buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sod with our bayonets turning, By the trembling moon-beams' misty light, And our lantern dimly burning.... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1846 - 332 pagina’s
...world, as that of any of the " gems" which " The dark, unfathom'd depths of ocean bear." WOLFE. THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. NOT a drum was heard, not...sods with our bayonets turning, — By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning, cc 2 No useless coffin enclosed his breast,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 pagina’s
...WOLFE, with an interesting memoir of his life. THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. 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, Not in... | |
 | Brothers of the Christian schools of Ireland - 1846 - 144 pagina’s
...I bring my captive train ; I pledge my faith, my liege, my lord; oh! break my father's chain. Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to...farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried. The soul, secure in her existence, smiles At the drawn dagger, and defies its point. The stars shall... | |
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