...discharg'd his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried. We buried him darkly, at dead of the night, The sods with our bayonets turning, By the...light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclos'd his breast, Nor in sheet, nor in shroud, we bound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his...

...we hurried-; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave, where our Hero was buried. 2 We buried him darkly; at dead of night; The sods with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moon-beams' misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. 3 No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor...

...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 moon-beams' misty light, • And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast,...

...rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero was buried. n. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods...moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. in. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet or in shroud we wound him ; Iv. Few and short...

...hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero was buried. II. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with...moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. in. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet or in shroud we wound him ; IV. Few and short...

...following examples, although an ordinary reader would pronounce them without any such pauses. Examples. — No useless coffin . . enclosed his breast, Nor in...nor in shroud, we bound him; But he lay ... like a warriour taking his rest . . . With his martial cloak around him. We carved not a line, we raised not...

...steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead! And we bitterly thought on the morrow. No useless coffin confin'd his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we bound him, But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, We thought as we heap'd the narrow bed, And smooth'd down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger...

...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 sods with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moon-beara'ft misty light. And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not...

...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...moon-beam's misty light, " And the lantern dimly burning."" Any ordinary " hexameter"00 may be converted into an " ana" p: 1 -stic tetrameter" by simply adding...

...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...struggling moon-beam's misty light, " And the lantern dimly burning."s* Any ordinary " hexameter "" may be converted into an " ana" paestic tetrameter" by simply...