 | John Pierpont - 1828 - 320 sidor
...thy mystic treasures. LESSON CV. Burial of Sir John Moore.*—ANONYMOUS. NOT a drum-was heard, nor a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried;...dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, But he lay, like a warriour taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him. Nor in sheet, nor in... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - 1828 - 498 sidor
...waning. C. THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE, WHO FELL AT THE BATTLE OP COHUNNA. NOT a drum was heard, nor a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried...dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we bound him, But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - 1828 - 430 sidor
...waning. C. THE BURIAL, OF SIR JOHN MOORE, WHO FELL AT THE BATTLE OP CORUNNA. NOT a drum was heard, nor a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried...dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we bound him, But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - 1828 - 422 sidor
...waning. . THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE, WHO FELL AT THE BATTLE OF CORUNHA. NOT a drum was heard, nor a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried...dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we bound him, . .', But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - 1828 - 600 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...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 cloak around... | |
 | 1828 - 316 sidor
...commemorate, that no 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...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... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - 1828 - 408 sidor
...ramparts we hurried ; 3fota soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where oar hero was buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The...light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin confined bis breast, Xor in sheet nor in shroud we bound him, But he lay like a warrior taking his... | |
 | 1829 - 434 sidor
...chaplain ; and the corpse was covered with earth." ' — Edinburgh Annual Register, 1808, p. 458. ' Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to...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 cloak around... | |
 | 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...dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in, sheet, nor in shroud, we bound him ; But he lay, like a warriour taking his rest, With his... | |
 | 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...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 cloak around... | |
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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... 
