 | John Pierpont - 1829 - 290 pagine
...And mine may not mingle with thy blest measures. LESSON CV. Burial of Sir John Moore.* — C. WOLFE, NOT a drum was heard, nor a funeral note, As his corse...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 burning.... | |
 | 1829 - 434 pagine
...was covered with earth." ' — Edinburgh Annual Register, 1808, p. 458. ' 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 sods with our bayonets turning ; By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning.... | |
 | James Kennedy - 1830 - 506 pagine
...epitaph on Sir John Moore, written by Mr. Wolfe . He said, it was the finest epitaph ever written*. * Not a drum was heard, nor a funeral note As his corse...grave where our hero we buried. We buried him darkly tit dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning, . By the struggling moon-beam's misty light,... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1831 - 294 pagine
...CV Burial of Sir John Moore.* — C. WOLFE. NOT a drum, was heard, nor a funeral note, As his coise 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... | |
 | 1831 - 318 pagine
...apology is necessary for introducing them here. 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. Meantime, General Hope, on whom the chief command had devolved, was passing the night in the embarkation... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1832 - 310 pagine
...consults hi* own safety in the surrender of the victim. LI. BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORB.* Rev. John Wolfe NOT a drum was heard, nor a funeral note, As his corse...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 burning.... | |
 | Mme. Charlotte Fiske (Bates) Rogé - 1832 - 1022 pagine
...never could have drawn, And never can restore ! BUlllAL 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 sods with our bayonets turning; By the struggling moonbeams' misty light. And the lantern dimly burning.... | |
 | John J. Harrod - 1832 - 338 pagine
...till then, let my epitaph be written — [ HAVE DONE!/ LESSON LXXIX. Burial of Sir John Moore.* 1. Not 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 sods with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moon-beam's... | |
 | James Kennedy - 1833 - 270 pagine
...epitaph on Sir John More, written by Mr. Wolfe. He said, it was the finest epitaph ever written*. * Not a drum was heard, nor a funeral note As his corse...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 burning.... | |
 | James Carrick Moore - 1833 - 434 pagine
...APPENDIX. THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. [By the Rer. Cit.vm.Ks VOLT*, AB] I. 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 was buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning ; By the struggling... | |
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