 | 1846 - 166 pagine
...SIR JOHN MOORE.— By Wolfe. 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 bayonets turning, By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And our lanterns dimly burning.... | |
 | Brothers of the Christian schools of Ireland - 1846 - 144 pagine
...train ; I pledge my faith, my liege, my lord; oh! break my father's chain. 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. The soul, secure in her existence, smiles At the drawn dagger, and defies its point. The stars shall... | |
 | Book - 1847 - 206 pagine
...Eternal sunshine settles on its head. GOLDSMITH. BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. NOT a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried...turning, By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And our lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin confined his breast, Not in sheet nor iu shroud we wound... | |
 | Book - 1847 - 216 pagine
...Eternal sunshine settles on its head. GOLDSMITH. BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. NOT a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried...turning, By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And our lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin confined his breast, Not in sheet nor in shroud we wound... | |
 | Great Britain. Adjutant-General's Office, Richard Cannon - 1847 - 180 pagine
...furnished the fatigue party in the interment of their revered Commander : — Not a drum was heard, — not a funeral note, — As his corse to the rampart 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... | |
 | Anthony Hamilton (of the 43rd Light Infantry.) - 1847 - 178 pagine
...a graduate of the University of Dublin. THE BfJRIAL 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 moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern- dimly burning.... | |
 | 1847 - 906 pagine
...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...light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin confined his breast, Nor in sheet or shroud we bound him : But he lay like a warrior taking his rest,... | |
 | Salem Town - 1847 - 420 pagine
...perfect in the language," was born in Dublin in 1791, and died in 1823.] 1. 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. 2. We buried him darkly, at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning ; By the struggling moon-beam's... | |
 | Anthony Hamilton (of the 43rd Light Infantry.) - 1847 - 176 pagine
...BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE " Not a drum wag heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampar^we- hurried!. Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot,...buried. We buried him darkly, at dead of night, The sods with sur bayonets turning; By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning.... | |
 | William Russell - 1848 - 94 pagine
...on the forest or hill, No sound but the lullaby sung by the rill.' EXERCISES ON PITCH. Lam Notes. ' Not a drum was heard, nor a funeral note As his corse...moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning.' High Notes. ' But thou, 0 Hope ! with eyes so fair, — What was thy delighted measure ? Still it whispered... | |
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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... 
