 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 Burke, Bernard Burke - 1848 - 424 pagina’s
...is that of which Dr. Anster speaks ; the French, one of the ingenious Father Prout's versions. THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. Not a drum was heard, not...discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero was buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning ; By the struggling... | |
 | 1848 - 460 pagina’s
...and one puhlications of the day, I offer it as it fell mournfully from the poet's own pen. u Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note As his corse to...his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we huried. We huried him darkly — at dead of nicht, The sods with our hayoneta turning; By the struggling... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - 1848 - 532 pagina’s
...funeral. BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. Not a drum was heard, nor a funeral note, As his course to the ramparts we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell...buried We buried him darkly at dead of night, The turf with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lanterns dimly burning.... | |
 | George Croly - 1849 - 416 pagina’s
...the cherab-seated God, full blazed th' irradiate dome. WOLFE. THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOOBJt. 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, Nor in... | |
 | Joseph Guy - 1849 - 118 pagina’s
...BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE, WHO FELL AT THE BATTLE OF CORUNNA, ISOS. 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 moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in... | |
 | 1856 - 666 pagina’s
...otherwise. There is a tenderness and beauty about them which every sensitive heart at once recognises. THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. Not a drum was heard, not...discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero was buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning, — By the struggling... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1879 - 372 pagina’s
...said of this ballad that he would rather be the author of It than of any one ever written. 1. NOT a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to...discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero was buried. 2. We buried him darkly, at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning, By the struggling... | |
 | Benedict Richard O'Gorman Anderson - 1991 - 244 pagina’s
...shifting rhythms of these famous lines on the death of John Moore during the battle of Coruiia:7 1. Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to...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 moonbeams'... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1992 - 260 pagina’s
...already, as one may say, buried under arms with funeral accompaniments, though it may be, — "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 mass of men serve the state thus, not as men mainly, but as machines, with their bodies. They are... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1996 - 220 pagina’s
...and already, as one may say, buried under arms with funeral accompaniments, though it may be 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 mass of men serve the State thus, not as men mainly, but as machines, with their bodies. They are... | |
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