 | Moses Severance - American literature - 1835 - 314 pages
...arts most vile, in wickedness refin'd ! — Burn*. SECTION Iv. The Burial of Sir John Moore. 1. Nor 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 sod with our bayonets turning, By the trembling moon-beams'... | |
 | Songs - 1835 - 320 pages
...THE DEATH 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...buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The turf with our bay'nets turning, By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And our lanterns dimly burning.... | |
 | Aristophanes - Greek drama - 1837 - 540 pages
...supplied by the iambus of accent. " Not ai! ' l * in was heard, not a funeral note, " As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; " Not a soldier discharged...buried." " We buried him darkly at dead of night, " The sods with our bayonets turning ; " By the struggling moon-beam's misty light, " And the lantern dimly... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 348 pages
...vigour. WOLFE. THE BURIAL OP SIH JOHN MOORE. NOT a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged...buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning, — By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...THE BURIAL OF SIR 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...buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moon-beams misty light, And the lantern dimly burning.... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 378 pages
...1791-1823. THE KUKKl. OF SIR JOHN MOORE. NOT a drum was heard, nor a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged...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,... | |
 | Old Humphrey - Sailors - 1842 - 366 pages
...repeating, for they are very beautiful. ' Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried ! Not a soldier discharged...buried. ' We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning.... | |
 | American poetry - 1862 - 512 pages
...MOORE, WilO PULL AT THE BATTLB or CURUNNA. Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged...buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning.... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - American poetry - 1842 - 352 pages
...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...buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning, — By the struggling moon beam's misty light, And the lantern dimly... | |
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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 moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. 
