 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - English poetry - 1828 - 600 pages
...corruption may our frame consume, The immortal spirit in the skies may bloom. NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. NOT a drum was heard, not a funeral-note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 414 pages
...with impressive voice, The weekly portion reads. Grahamt. 5. The Burial of Sir John Moore. 1 Not a drum was heard, not 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 was... | |
 | James Kennedy - Poets, English - 1830 - 506 pages
...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,... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...can be desired for Ireland, than that each of its parishes possessed a Charles Wolfe 1" ODE ON THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. NOT a drum was heard, not...funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning ; .. By the struggling... | |
 | Lyre - English poetry - 1830 - 396 pages
...BY THE REV. C. WOLFE. NOT a drum 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... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1830 - 420 pages
...Burial of Sir John Moore. 1 Not a drum was heard; not a. funeral note, As his corse to the ramparts we hurried^" .• Not a soldier 'discharged his farewell shot ^ O'er the grave, where pqr Hero was buried. 2 We buried him darkly ; at dead of night, . 3 No useless coffin enclosed his... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - American literature - 1830 - 334 pages
...principles, which govern the ordinary affairs of this lower world. 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 shot O'er the grave where our Hero was... | |
 | Peninsular War, 1807-1814 - 1831 - 318 pages
...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... | |
 | English poetry - 1831 - 272 pages
...THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE.' NOT a drum was heard, nor a funeral note, As his corse to the 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 sods with our bayonets turning, By the struggling... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - Elocution - 1831 - 356 pages
...sustained by your labours, and cemented with your blood. 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 shot, O'er the grave where our Hero was... | |
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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. 
