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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... "
The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions - Page 324
edited by - 1894
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The Port Folio

1817 - 560 pages
...OK SIR JOHN MOORE. Who fell at the battle of Corunna, in Spain, In 1808. NOT a drum was heard, nor a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried,...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...
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Accepted Addresses; Or, Proemium Poetarum: To which are Added, Macbeth ...

1813 - 410 pages
...the rampart 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...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...
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The American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review, Volume 1

H. Biglow, Orville Luther Holley - 1817 - 502 pages
...BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. Who fill at the battle of Corunna in Spain, in 1808. Not a dram was heard, nor a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried,...buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with ourbayonets turning ; By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless...
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The American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review, Volume 1

H. Biglow, Orville Luther Holley - 1817 - 492 pages
...to the rampart we hurried, Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot, O'er the grave, where ourhero we buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night....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 re«t, With his martial...
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Travels in England, France, Spain, and the Barbary States: In the Years 1813 ...

Mordecai Manuel Noah - 1819 - 508 pages
...retreating army had taken to their ships. "Not a drum was heard, nor a Funeral note, As his corse to ill - rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his...light. And the lantern dimly burning. / No useless coffins enclosed his breast, Not in sheet nor in shroud we bound him, But he lay like a warrior takmg...
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The Edinburgh Monthly Review, Volume 5

1821 - 732 pages
...be imagined he had disappear* ed with the money of the troop." THE BURIAL OP SIR JOHN MOORE. 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 bound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial...
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The flowers of literature, or, Encyclopædia of anecdote, a coll ..., Volume 2

William Oxberry - 1821 - 448 pages
...THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE, Who fell at the Battle of Cornnna, in 1808. 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...
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The Poetical Common-place Book: Consisting of an Original Selection of ...

1822 - 418 pages
...say 'tis thine ! THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE, Whofett at Corunna in 1808. Nor 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 warrior taking bis rest, With bis martial cloak around him. Few— and short were...
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Journal of the Conversations of Lord Byron: Noted During a ..., Volume 1

Thomas Medwin - 1824 - 372 pages
...for rinding a place here : " Not a drum was heard, nor a funeral note, " As his corse to the ramparts we hurried ; " Not a soldier discharged his farewell...moonbeam's misty light, " And the lantern dimly burning. " Few and short were the prayers we said, " And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; " But we stedfastly...
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The soldier's companion, or Martial recorder, consisting of biography ...

Soldier - 1824 - 518 pages
...the rampart we hurried: Not a soldier discharged a farewell shot, O'er the grave, where our hero was buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The...useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet nor in shrond we bound him, But he lav like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him....
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