 | 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 - 420 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | John J. Harrod - Readers - 1832 - 338 pages
...till then, let my epitaph be written — [ HAVE DONE!/ LESSON LXXIX. Burial of Sir John Moore.* 1. Not a drum was heard, nor a funeral note, As his corse...farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried. 2. We buried him darkly, at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moon-beam's... | |
 | Moses Severance - Readers - 1832 - 312 pages
...Studied in arts most vile, in wickedness refin'd !— Burnt. SECTION IV. The Burial of Sir John Moore. 1. NOT a drum was heard, nor a funeral note, As his corse o'er the rampart we hurried; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot, O'er the grave where our hero... | |
 | James Carrick Moore - 1833 - 434 pages
...APPENDIX. THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. [By the Rer. Cit.vm.Ks VOLT*, AB] I. NOT a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried...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... | |
 | Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 pages
...feel, each day, each night, But plumes thy pinions for the flight. Anne. BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. NOT a drum was heard, nor a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharg'd his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried. We buried him darkly, at dead... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1833 - 312 pages
...John Moore. Bealtie. 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 our Hero was buried. 2 We buried him darkly; at dead of night; The sods with our bayonets turning, By the struggling... | |
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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. 
