 | Edmund Burke - 1819 - 822 էջ
...grave where our hero was buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our baxonets turning, By the struggling moon-beam's misty light,...lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breatt, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we bound him; But he lay liks a warrior taking his rest. With his... | |
 | 1817 - 560 էջ
...OK SIR JOHN MOORE. Who fell at the battle of Corunna, in Spain, In 1808. NOT a drum was heard, nor a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried,...dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet nor in shroud we bound him, But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial... | |
 | 1911 - 592 էջ
...random guns of the enemy broke the stillness — ' We buried him darkly at dead of night, The soda with our bayonets turning ; By the struggling moonbeam's misty light And the lantern dimly burning ' * — gives, in its dignity and the total absence of sensationalism and braggart exaggeration, a... | |
 | 1813 - 410 էջ
...But I'll sail with thee no more!" BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. CHARLES WOLFE. Not a drum was heard, nor 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... | |
 | H. Biglow, Orville Luther Holley - 1817 - 502 էջ
...BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. Who fill at the battle of Corunna in Spain, in 1808. Not a dram was heard, nor a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried,...buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with ourbayonets turning ; By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless... | |
 | 1817 - 708 էջ
...Farewell. THE BURIAL OP SIR JOHN MOORE,* Who fell at the Batik ofConmna, in 1808. NOT a drum was heard, nor a funeral note, As his. corse to the rampart we hurried...farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried. * This little poem first appeared in some of the newspapers a few days ago. It is too beautiful not... | |
 | 1817 - 694 էջ
...MOOHE,* W/io fett at the Battle of Canmna, in 1808, NOT a drum was heard, nor a funeral note. As bis corse to the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged...his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we burici. * This little poem first appeared in some of the newspapers a few days ago. It is toe* beautiful... | |
 | John Evans - 1817 - 610 էջ
...officer, Sir John Moore, at Corunna, never be YOORS! — Not a DRUM was heard, nor a funeral note, At his corse to the RAMPART we hurried, Not a soldier...discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our HEBO was buried! We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sod with our bayonets turning, By the struggling... | |
 | 1818 - 506 էջ
...rampart we hurried : Not a toldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero wan fc./' M We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning, . By the struggling moonoeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin encUxted his breast i Nor... | |
 | H. Biglow, Orville Luther Holley - 1817 - 492 էջ
...Jell at the battle of Corunna in Spain, in 1(08. N<rt a drum was heard, nor a funeral note. As hii corse to the rampart we hurried, Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot, O'er the grave, where ourhero we buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night. The sods with our bayonets turning ; By the... | |
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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. 
