 | John J. Harrod - Readers - 1832 - 324 pages
...we hurried; Not a soldier discharged his 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 misty light, And the lantern, dimly burning. 3. No useless coffin enclosed his breast,... | |
 | James Hedderwick - Oratory - 1833 - 216 pages
...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 sods with...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 — With his martial... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1833 - 304 pages
...we hurried-; Not a soldier 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...moon-beams' misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. 3 No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we wound him; But he lay—like... | |
 | James Carrick Moore - 1833
...rampart 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 sods with our bayonets turning ; By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. III. No useless coffin enclosed his breast,... | |
 | James Kennedy - 1833 - 258 pages
...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 moon-beam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast ; Nor... | |
 | James Carrick Moore - 1834
...we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero was buried. n. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning ; By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. in. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not... | |
 | James Carrick Moore - 1834
...hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero was buried. II. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning ; By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. in. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not... | |
 | 1836
...rampart we hurried : Not a soldier discharged a 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 moon-beara'ft misty light. And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not... | |
 | Aristophanes - Greek drama - 1837 - 420 pages
...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 moon-beam's misty light, " And the lantern dimly burning."s* Any ordinary " hexameter "" may be converted... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838
...ramparts 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...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, With his martial cloak... | |
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By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet nor in shroud we wound him; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him. Few and short were the... 
