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... The English Poets: Wordsworth to Dobell - Страница 324под редакцията на - 1894Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
| Aristophanes - 1848 - 522 страници
...except that the place of the spondee of quantity is usually supplied by the iambus of accent. " Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, " As his corse...struggling moon-beam's misty light, " And the lantern dimly burning."09 Any ordinary " hexameter"00 may be converted into an " ana" pa?stic tetrameter" by simply... | |
| Richard Cannon - 1848 - 174 страници
...furnished the fatigue party in the interment of their revered Commander :— Not a drum was heard,—not a funeral note,— As his corse to the rampart we...moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning! 1809 -No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet, nor in shroud we wound him; But he lay like... | |
| William Russell - 1848 - 94 страници
...sound but the lullaby sung by the rill.' EXERCISES ON PITCH. Lam Notes. ' Not a drum was heard, nor a funeral note As his corse to the rampart we hurried...buried. We buried him darkly, at dead of night, The sod with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning.'... | |
| Joseph Guy - 1849 - 118 страници
...BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE, WHO FELL AT THE BATTLE OF CORUNNA, ISOS. 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 wound him, But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial... | |
| George Croly - 1850 - 442 страници
...stores prepare, And we shall kneel again in thankful prayer, WOLFE THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOOU. NOT a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to...dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ; Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not... | |
| Daniel Scrymgeour - 1850 - 596 страници
...grave where our hero we buried. 628 ALONZO THE BBAVE AND THE FAIR IMOGEXK. Wo buried him darkly nt dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning...enclosed his breast, Not in sheet nor in shroud we bound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him. Few and short... | |
| Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 страници
...RURIAL OV SIE JOHN MOORE. Nor a drum was heard — not a funeral note, As his corse to the ramparts we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell...dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning, By the*truggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his... | |
| Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 страници
...followmg words : Heard and Herd. Lay and Lie. Corse, or Corpse, and Corps. Hollowed and Hallowed. NOT a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to...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... | |
| William Enfield, James Pycroft - 1851 - 422 страници
...grace, And reconciles man to his lot. COWFER. CHAPTER XXXI. ON THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. NOT a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to...dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning, No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we wound him, But he lay like a warrior... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1851 - 764 страници
...funeral note, As his corpse to the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell «hot It Q * Q * * or iu shroud we wound him; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around... | |
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