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... The Comedies of Aristophanes - Side lxxiiaf Aristophanes - 1837 - 420 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
| Edmund Burke - 1819 - 822 sider
...THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE, WHO FELL AT THE BATTLE OF COBUNNA, IN 1808. Not a drum was heard, nor a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried, Not a soldier di>charged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero was buried. We buried him darkly at dead... | |
| 1817 - 560 sider
...OK SIR JOHN MOORE. Who fell at the battle of Corunna, in Spain, In 1808. NOT a drum was heard, nor a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried,...struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet nor in shroud we bound him, But he lay... | |
| 1911 - 592 sider
...random guns of the enemy broke the stillness — ' We buried him darkly at dead of night, The soda with our bayonets turning ; By the struggling moonbeam's misty light And the lantern dimly burning ' * — gives, in its dignity and the total absence of sensationalism and braggart exaggeration,... | |
| 1813 - 410 sider
...But I'll sail with thee no more!" BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. CHARLES WOLFE. Not a drum was heard, nor 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... | |
| H. Biglow, Orville Luther Holley - 1817 - 502 sider
...BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. Who fill at the battle of Corunna in Spain, in 1808. Not a dram was heard, nor a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried,...buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with ourbayonets turning ; By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless... | |
| 1817 - 708 sider
...Farewell. THE BURIAL OP SIR JOHN MOORE,* Who fell at the Batik ofConmna, in 1808. NOT a drum was heard, nor a funeral note, As his. corse to the rampart we hurried...farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried. * This little poem first appeared in some of the newspapers a few days ago. It is too beautiful not... | |
| 1817 - 694 sider
...MOOHE,* W/io fett at the Battle of Canmna, in 1808, NOT a drum was heard, nor a funeral note. As bis corse to the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged...his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we burici. * This little poem first appeared in some of the newspapers a few days ago. It is toe* beautiful... | |
| John Evans - 1817 - 610 sider
...officer, Sir John Moore, at Corunna, never be YOORS! — Not a DRUM was heard, nor a funeral note, At his corse to the RAMPART we hurried, Not a soldier...discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our HEBO was buried! We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sod with our bayonets turning, By the struggling... | |
| H. Biglow, Orville Luther Holley - 1817 - 492 sider
...Jell at the battle of Corunna in Spain, in 1(08. N<rt a drum was heard, nor a funeral note. As hii corse to the rampart we hurried, Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot, O'er the grave, where ourhero we buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night. The sods with our bayonets turning ; By the... | |
| 1817 - 646 sider
...THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORK, Whn fell at tilt Haiti* *f Contain, in \tiOH. NOT a drum was heard, nor a funeral note. As his corse to the rampart we hurried : Not a soldier discharged bis farewell (hot O'er the grave where our hero was buried. We buried him darkly at dead of ni»ht,... | |
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