 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - Elocution - 1831 - 356 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 our bayonets turning, By the struggling moon-beams' misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor... | |
 | Peninsular War, 1807-1814 - 1831 - 318 pages
...them here. THE BURIAL OF SIR 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. Meantime, General Hope, on whom the chief command had devolved, was passing the night in the embarkation... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - Elocution - 1831 - 356 pages
...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 buried. We buried him darkly; at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning, By the struggling... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1832 - 310 pages
...BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORB.* Rev. John Wolfe NOT a drum was heard, nor a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried; Not a soldier discharged his farewell...light, And the lantern, dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet, nor in shroud, we bound him ; But he lay, like a warrior... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 pages
...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 buried. We buried...misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet or in shroud we wound him, But he lay like a warrior taking... | |
 | John J. Harrod - Readers - 1832 - 338 pages
...LXXIX. Burial of Sir John Moore.* 1. 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 we buried. 2. We buried him darkly, at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moon-beam's... | |
 | Moses Severance - Readers - 1832 - 312 pages
...IV. The Burial of Sir John Moore. 1. NOT a drum was heard, nor a funeral note, As his corse o'er the rampart 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 sod with our bayonets turning, By the trembling moon-beams'... | |
 | James Kennedy - 1833 - 270 pages
...was the finest epitaph ever written*. * Not a drum was heard, nor a funeral note As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his...misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast ; Nor in sheet nor shroud we bound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking... | |
 | James Kennedy - 1833 - 272 pages
...was heard, nor a funeral note As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged bis farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried....light, And the lantern dimly burning. • No useless coffin enclosed his breast ; Nor in sheet nor shroud we bound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking... | |
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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. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning ; By the struggling... 
