 | Theology - 1829 - 434 pages
...was covered with earth." ' — Edinburgh Annual Register, 1808, p. 458. ' Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried...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 misty light, And... | |
 | James Kennedy - 1830 - 502 pages
...; "but the Lord's will be done!" His lordship ' continued, 'f Yes, not mine." He then tried to v V utter a few words, of which none were intelligible,...grave where our hero we buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moon-beam's misty light, And... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - American literature - 1830 - 332 pages
...BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. Wolfe. NOT a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the 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... | |
 | Lyre - English poetry - 1830 - 396 pages
...BY THE REV. C. WOLFE. NOT a drum was heard, — not a funeral note, While his corse to the 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... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1830 - 426 pages
...Burial of Sir John Moore. 1 Not a drum was heard; not a. funeral note, As his corse to the ramparts we hurried^" .• Not a soldier 'discharged his farewell shot ^ O'er the grave, where pqr Hero was buried. 2 We buried him darkly ; at dead of night, . 3 No useless coffin enclosed his... | |
 | Peninsular War, 1807-1814 - 1831 - 318 pages
...apology is necessary for introducing them here. THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried...farewell shot, O'er the grave where our hero we buried. Meantime, General Hope, on whom the chief command had devolved, was passing the night in the embarkation... | |
 | John Pierpont - Readers - 1831 - 294 pages
...CV Burial of Sir John Moore.* — C. WOLFE. NOT a drum, was heard, nor a funeral note, As his coise to the rampart we hurried ;. Not a soldier discharged...where our hero we buried.. We buried him darkly,, at dead of night,. The sods with our bayonets turning,, By the struggling moon-beam's misty light,,... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - Elocution - 1831 - 356 pages
...OF SIR JOHN MOORE.— Wolfe. NOT a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the 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... | |
 | English poetry - 1831 - 272 pages
...comrades," the vet'ran did " My duty's complete, and contented I die.*' THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE.' NOT a drum was heard, nor a funeral note, As his corse to the ramparts we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot, Oe'r the grave where our hero was... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1832 - 310 pages
...consults hi* own safety in the surrender of the victim. LI. BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORB.* Rev. John Wolfe NOT a drum was heard, nor a funeral note, As his corse...grave where our hero we buried. We buried him darkly, at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moon-beam's misty light, And... | |
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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... 
