 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.  The Port Folio - Page 2591817Full view - About this book
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1839 - 316 pages
...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 our Hero was buried. 2 We buried htm darkly; at dead of night; The sods with our bayonets turning, By the struggling... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 378 pages
...linger, though enjoy'd, like joy in memory yet. CHARLES WOLFE. 1791-1823. THE KUKKl. OF SIR JOHN MOORE. NOT a drum was heard, nor a funeral note, As his corse...buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sodfc with our bayonets turning — By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly... | |
 | Cam river - 1841 - 318 pages
...THE BURIAL OF SIE JOHN MOOEE. NOT a sound was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the ramparts we hurried; Not a soldier discharged his farewell...the grave where our hero we buried. We buried him deep at dead of night, The sod with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moonbeam's misty light,... | |
 | Lyre - English poetry - 1841 - 366 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... | |
 | Lyre - English poetry - 1841 - 374 pages
...BY THE BEV. 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... | |
 | Book - 1841 - 164 pages
...pays, at once Indebted and discharg'd. JJorial of Sti .5 : t- ;ij Uco rr , NOT a drum was heard, not 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 honed. We boried him darkly at dead... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1842 - 440 pages
...verse, without impairing its vigour. 23 WOLFE. 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. We huried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning, — By the struggling moonbeam's... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - Readers - 1849 - 316 pages
...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 buried. 2. We buried him darkly, at dead of night, The turf with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moonbeam's... | |
 | Charles Wolfe, John Abraham Russell - 1842 - 410 pages
...other verses, by which it was " completed." THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the 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... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1825 - 622 pages
...printed with gross inaccuracy, we subjoin them in their authentic form: "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... | |
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