 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838
...verse, without impairing if« vigour. WOLFE. THE BURIAL OP SIH JOHN MOORE. 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... | |
 | Priscilla Maden Watts - 1839
...same night on the ramparts of the C itadel of Corunna, a few hours before the British troops embarked. NOT a drum was heard, nor 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 was huried. We huried him darkly at dead... | |
 | English poetry - 1840
...stainless glory set, Will linger, though enjoy'd, like joy in memory yet. CHARLES WOLFE. 1791-1823. THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. NOT a drum was heard,...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... | |
 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - English poetry - 1840
...glory set, Will linger, though enjoy'd, like joy in memory yet. CHARLES WOLFE. 1791-1823. THE KUKKl. OF SIR JOHN MOORE. NOT a drum was heard, nor a funeral...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... | |
 | Book - 1841 - 139 pages
...pays, at once Indebted and discharg'd. JJorial of Sti .5 : t- ;ij Uco rr , NOT a drum was heard, not a funeral note. As his corse to the rampart we hurried...discharg'd his farewell shot, O'er the grave where our hero we honed. We boried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with oor bayonets turning, By the struggling... | |
 | Lyre - English poetry - 1841 - 344 pages
...was heard — not a funeral note, While his corse to 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 sods with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moonbeams'... | |
 | Lyre - English poetry - 1841 - 344 pages
...was heard — not a funeral note, While his corse to 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 sods with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moonbeams'... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - Readers - 1849 - 304 pages
...gallant British general, was killed in a battle at Co> runna in Spain, Jan. 16 1809, by the French.] 1. NOT a drum was heard, nor a funeral note, As his corse to the ramparts we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave, where our hero we... | |
 | Old Humphrey - Sailors - 1842 - 340 pages
...his memory, but they will bear repeating, for they are very beautiful. ' 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... | |
 | American poetry - 1862 - 490 pages
...vault along THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE, WilO PULL AT THE BATTLB or CURUNNA. 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... | |
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