| Brothers of the Christian schools of Ireland - 1846 - 144 pages
...train ; I pledge my faith, my liege, my lord; oh! break my father's chain. 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. The soul, secure in her existence, smiles At the drawn dagger, and defies its point. The stars shall... | |
| Miles Gerald Keon - 1846 - 608 pages
...HI ,4 1. OF SIB JOHN MOORE. 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 we buried. DCCIS EX8EQUUB. Buccina mil hi dedit, nee tristem naenia vocem, In vallem tulimus nos ubi membra Ducis... | |
| 412 pages
...BURIAL OF SIR JOHX MOOSE. " Not a drum was heard, nor a funeral note, As his corpse to the ramparts we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero was buried.1* No piece of modern fugitive poetry has created so much controversy, or attracted so much... | |
| Ballads, American - 1846 - 166 pages
...only care to sell my lavender. Ladies, try it, &c. MONODY ON THE DEATH OF SIR JOHN MOORE.— By Wolfe. NOT a drum was heard, nor 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 we buried.... | |
| Charles Walton Sanders - 1842 - 316 pages
...gallant British general, was killed in a battle at Corunna in Spain, Jan. 16 1809, by the French.] 1. NOT a drum was heard, nor 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 we... | |
| Book - English poetry - 1847 - 216 pages
...Eternal sunshine settles on its head. GOLDSMITH. BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. NOT a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried...buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sod with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And our lantern dimly burning.... | |
| Book - English poetry - 1847 - 206 pages
...Eternal sunshine settles on its head. GOLDSMITH. BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. NOT a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried...buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sod with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And our lantern dimly burning.... | |
| Anthony Hamilton (of the 43rd Light Infantry.) - Peninsular War, 1807-1814 - 1847 - 176 pages
...BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE " Not a drum wag heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampar^we- hurried!. Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot,...buried him darkly, at dead of night, The sods with sur bayonets turning; By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless... | |
| Salem Town - Elocution - 1847 - 420 pages
...perfect in the language," was born in Dublin in 1791, and died in 1823.] 1. 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. 2. We buried him darkly, at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning ; By the struggling moon-beam's... | |
| Robert Turnbull - Scotland - 1847 - 396 pages
...Wolfe's exquisite lyric, — " Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corpse to the ramparts we hurried, Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot, O'er the grave where our hero we buried." Sir John Moore was a citizen of Glasgow, and his townsmen have erected this statue as expressive of... | |
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