 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 Library of Poetry and Song - Page 920edited by - 1925 - 1100 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1842 - 504 pages
...MOOKE, WHO PELL AT THE BA1 TLB or CORl'NSA. Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse tu the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged...sods with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - 1842 - 352 pages
...Edinburgh Annual Register, 1808. Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the ramparts we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell...sods with our bayonets turning, — By the struggling moon beam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor... | |
 | Charles Wolfe, John Abraham Russell - 1842 - 410 pages
...me, and in the morning " he came over to me with the other verses, by which it was " completed." THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. Not a drum was heard, not...rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his ferewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried. We buried kim darkly at dead of night, The sods... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 pages
...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...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.... | |
 | 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...sods with our bayonets turning ; By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin inclosed his breast, Nor in... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 pages
...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:...sods with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in... | |
 | 1844 - 402 pages
...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—...sods with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moon-beam's misty light, And th« lantera dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not... | |
 | 1844 - 452 pages
...celebrated than touchingly beautiful lines, on hie death, j — ED. MAO. NOT a dram was heard, nor a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried—...dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning, By lite struggling moon-beam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pages
...college friends. The Burial of Sir John Moore. Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corpse and R. Chambers moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in... | |
 | William Russell - 1844 - 428 pages
...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...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."... | |
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