 | John Pierpont - 1829 - 290 pages
...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 to the rampart we hurried...sods with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moon-beam's misty light, And the lantern, dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor... | |
 | James Kennedy - 1830 - 506 pages
...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 to the rampart we hurried...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 pages
...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...sods with our bayonets turning,, By the struggling moon-beam's misty light,, And the lantern, dimly burning;, No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor... | |
 | 1831 - 318 pages
...commemorate, that no 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...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... | |
 | 1831 - 272 pages
...ramparts we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot, Oe'r the grave where our hero was buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The...moon-beams misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. • Sir John Moore was killed by a cannon shot at the battle of Corunna, January lltli, 1809. He was... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1832 - 310 pages
...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 to the rampart we hurried;...sods with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moon-beam's misty light, And the lantern, dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor... | |
 | John J. Harrod - 1832 - 338 pages
...be written — [ HAVE DONE!/ LESSON LXXIX. Burial of Sir John Moore.* 1. 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. 2. We buried him darkly, at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moon-beam's... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 pages
...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...sods with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in... | |
 | James Kennedy - 1833 - 270 pages
...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 to the rampart we hurried...sods with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moon-beam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast ; Nor... | |
 | James Carrick Moore - 1833 - 434 pages
...with magnanimity. 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...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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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... 
