 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...  First Book of Poetry for Elementary Schools - Page 56by Frederic Charles Cook - 1851Full view - About this book
 | Edmund Burke - 1819 - 822 pages
...grave where our hero was buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our baxonets turning, By the struggling moon-beam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breatt, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we bound him; But he lay liks a warrior taking his... | |
 | 1817 - 560 pages
...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 moonbeam's...light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet nor in shroud we bound him, But he lay like a warrior taking his... | |
 | 1813 - 410 pages
...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 moonbeam's...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 taking his... | |
 | John Evans - 1817 - 610 pages
...the RAMPART we hurried, Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our HEBO was buried! We buried him darkly at dead of night, The...And the lantern dimly burning ! No useless coffin inclosed his breast, Nor iu sheet nor in shroud we bound him , But he lay like a WARRIOR taking his... | |
 | H. Biglow, Orville Luther Holley - 1817 - 492 pages
...farewell shot, O'er the grave, where ourhero we buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night. The sods with our bayonets turning ; By the struggling moonbeam's...light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Kol in sheet nor in shroud we bound him, But he lay like a warrior taking bis... | |
 | 1817 - 708 pages
...accordingly inserted it among our original pieces. ED. 2 N We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moon-beam's...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 taking his... | |
 | H. Biglow, Orville Luther Holley - 1817 - 502 pages
...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 ourbayonets turning ; By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning.... | |
 | 1818 - 596 pages
...note, As his corps-? to the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharg'd liis farewell shot, O'er the grave where our hero we buried. We buried him...dead of night, The sod with our bayonets turning, By tlie struggling moon-beams' misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin inclos'd... | |
 | 1818 - 798 pages
...grave where our hero was buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our tmxonets turning, By the struggling moon-beam's misty 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 taking his... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1818 - 1264 pages
...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-beam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. Nooiseless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we bound him ; But he lay 'like a... | |
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