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... Annual Register - Side 326redigeret af - 1818Fuld visning - Om denne bog
| Eliza Robbins - 1842 - 352 sider
...Edinburgh Annual Register, 1808. 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. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning, — By the struggling... | |
| Charles Walton Sanders - 1849 - 316 sider
...gallant British general, was killed in a battle at Co> runna 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... | |
| Samuel Niles Sweet - 1843 - 324 sider
...better piece for an elocutionary exercise, with which I am acquainted. THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. 1. Not a drum was heard, nor a funeral note, As his corse o'er the ramparts we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot, O'er the grave where our... | |
| John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 sider
...truth, Shall bloom in everlasting youth, ' While time himself endures. THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. 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... | |
| Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 sider
...than the luxurious age of a great nation. ON THE 1HIUIAL OF SIB JOHN HOORE, WHO J'ELI, AT CORUNNA. Not a drum was heard, nor a funeral note, As his corse...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... | |
| 1844 - 402 sider
...to the following, not less celebrated than touehiqgly beautiful lines, on his death. J— -Eo. MAO. NOT a drum was heard, nor a funeral note, As his corse...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... | |
| William Russell - 1844 - 428 sider
...England's, doth approach : Open your gates, and give the victors way !" EXERCISES ON PITCH. f Low Notes. " Not a drum was heard, nor a funeral note, • As his...discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried. We buried him darkly, at dead of night, The sod with our bayonets turning, By the struggling... | |
| 1844 - 452 sider
...following, not less celebrated than touchingly beautiful lines, on hie death, j — ED. MAO. NOT a dram was heard, nor a funeral note, As his corse to the...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 lite struggling... | |
| English poetry - 1844 - 108 sider
...And mourned, till pity's self be dead. COLLINS. BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. 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 we buried. We buried him darkly, at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning ; By the struggling... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 sider
...college friends. The Burial of Sir John Moore. Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corpse and R. Chambers we buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning, By the struggling... | |
| |