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 Annual Biography and Obituary - Seite 811826Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Thomas Medwin - 1825 - 578 Seiten
...apology for finding a place here : 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 moonbeam's... | |
| Thomas Medwin - 1825 - 606 Seiten
...funérailles de sir John Moore : " Jfot 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 buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night. The sods with our bayonets turning, — By the struggling moonbeam's... | |
| John Arliss - 1825 - 382 Seiten
...SIR JOHN MOORE.* NOT a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we burried, 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 hayonets turning ; By the struggling moon... | |
| 1825 - 726 Seiten
...un&kil- '"— - u ----- " ..... nil daubing. " Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corpse to the rampart we hurried; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot ;O er the grave where our Hero was buried at dead of > s with our bayonets turning ; ByHhe WruggKiig... | |
| 1826 - 696 Seiten
...jf uncral of Sir jjofin iHoore, II ho fell in the battle of rorunna, 1808. Nota drum was heard, nor a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried...discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where oar hero was buried. "AY buried him darkly at dead of uight, The sod¿ with our ba>oncts turning; By... | |
| John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 Seiten
...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 shot O'er the grave where our Hero was buried. The sods with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moon-beams' misty light, • -r t... | |
| George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 804 Seiten
...MOORE'S BURIAL. Not a drum wag heard, nor a funeral note, As hig cone to the ramparts we hurried ; Nut a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we bnried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning, — By the struggling... | |
| Charles Wolfe, John Abraham Russell - 1827 - 500 Seiten
...the chaplain ; " and the corpse was covered with earth." — Edinburgh Annual Register, 1808, p. 458. THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. I. Not a drum was heard,...farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried. II. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning ; By the struggling moonbeam's... | |
| 1827 - 854 Seiten
...scarcely to render this office necessary . " Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his coree to the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where out hero we buried. 2 Y2 348 We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning... | |
| 1827 - 554 Seiten
...in 1808. Not a drum was heard, nor a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; Not 91 soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sodi with our bayonets turning ; By the struggling- moonbeam's... | |
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