 | 1828 - 814 sidor
...ramparts was 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 inclosed his breast,... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 266 sidor
...hurried; •Garth. 8* 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... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1828 - 650 sidor
...apology is necessary for introducing 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 bis farewell shot, O'er the grave where our hero we buried. Meantime, General Hope, on whom tin: chief... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 418 sidor
...of Sir John Moore. 1 Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, Grahame. As his corse to the ramparts 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 our bayonets turning, By the struggling... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1829 - 290 sidor
...with thy blest measures. LESSON CV. Burial of Sir John Moore.* — C. WOLFE, NOT a drum was heard, nor a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried...enclosed his breast, Nor in, sheet, nor in shroud, we bound him ; But he lay, like a warriour taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him. * Who fell... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 sidor
...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 with...dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet or in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial... | |
 | James Kennedy - 1830 - 506 sidor
...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,... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1830 - 420 sidor
...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 breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ! But he lay — Kke a warrior taking his rest — With his martial cloak around him ! , 4 Few and short were the... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1830 - 334 sidor
...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 buried. We buried him darkly ; at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning, By the struggling... | |
 | Lyre - 1830 - 396 sidor
...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... | |
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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. 
