| Lyre - 1841 - 374 страници
...BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. BY THE BEV. 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... | |
| Charles Walton Sanders - 1849 - 316 страници
...gallant British general, was killed in a battle at Co> runna in Spain, Jan. 16 1809, by the French.] 1. NOT a drum was heard, nor a funeral note, As his corse...farewell shot O'er the grave, where our hero we buried. 2. We buried him darkly, at dead of night, The turf with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moonbeam's... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - 1842 - 440 страници
...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. We huried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning, — By the struggling moonbeam's... | |
| Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1825 - 622 страници
...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 sous with our bayonets turning ; By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning.... | |
| John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 страници
...truth, Shall bloom in everlasting youth, ' While time himself endures. THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. 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... | |
| Samuel Niles Sweet - 1843 - 324 страници
...better piece for an elocutionary exercise, with which I am acquainted. THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. 1. Not a drum was heard, nor a funeral note, As his corse o'er the ramparts we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot, O'er the grave where our... | |
| John Hanbury Dwyer - 1844 - 318 страници
...THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. NOT a drum was heard nor a funeral note, As his corse o'er the rampart we hurried, Not a soldier discharged his farewell...buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sod with our bayonets turning, By the trembling moon-beams' misty light, And our lantern dimly burning.... | |
| 1844 - 402 страници
...to the following, not less celebrated than touehiqgly beautiful lines, on his death. J— -Eo. MAO. 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.... | |
| Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 страници
...than the luxurious age of a great nation. ON THE 1HIUIAL OF SIB JOHN HOORE, WHO J'ELI, AT CORUNNA. 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.... | |
| William Russell - 1844 - 428 страници
...England's, doth approach : Open your gates, and give the victors way !" EXERCISES ON PITCH. f Low Notes. " 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.... | |
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