 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...  A Golden Treasury of Irish Verse - Page 253edited by - 1925 - 346 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1842 - 440 pages
...his composition, and have refined the structure of his verse, without impairing its vigour. 23 WOLFE. 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.... | |
 | 1862 - 512 pages
...Each high-areh'd vault along THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE, WilO PULL AT THE BATTLB or CURUNNA. 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.... | |
 | Old Humphrey - 1842 - 366 pages
...following lines, written to his memory, but they will bear repeating, for they are very beautiful. ' 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.... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1825 - 622 pages
...have been frequently printed with gross inaccuracy, we subjoin them in their authentic form: "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.... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - 1843 - 324 pages
...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...farewell shot, O'er the grave where our hero we buried. 2. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sod with our bayonets turning, By the trembling moonbeams'... | |
 | Readings - 1843 - 466 pages
...MOORE. Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave of the hero we buried. SOUTHEV. NOT a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the ramparts we hurried: • We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moonbeam's... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 108 pages
...duly shed ; Beloved, till life can charm no more ; And mourned, till pity's self be dead. COLLINS. 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.... | |
 | Quaver - 1844 - 552 pages
...again, If after the parson she'd say • Amen. Oh, sweet Kitty Clover, &c. NOT A DRUM WAS HEARD. NOT a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the ramparts we hurried ; Not a soldier discharg'da farewell shot, O'er the grave where our hero was buried. We buried him darkly at dead of... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...published, with an interesting memoir of his life by Archdeacon Russell, one of his early college friends. d : others, without regard to sex, to age, to the respect of rank, or sacredne corpse to the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pages
...published, with an interesting memoir of his life by Archdeacon Russell, one of his early college friends. ers corpse to the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where... | |
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