 | William Russell - 1845 - 410 pages
...hence, proclaim, cry it about the streets !" EXERCISES ON PITCH. Low Notes. " Not a drum was heard, nor a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried;...buried. We buried him darkly, at dead of night, The sod with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning."... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1846 - 332 pages
...the world, as that of any of the " gems" which " The dark, unfathom'd depths of ocean bear." WOLFE. THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. NOT a drum was heard,...moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning, cc 2 No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet or in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 pages
...WOLFE, with an interesting memoir of his life. THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. NOT a drum was heard, nor a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried...light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet or in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero was buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The...dimly burning. No useless coffin inclosed his breast, Nor in sheet, nor in shroud, we bound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial... | |
 | Anthony Hamilton (of the 43rd Light Infantry.) - 1847 - 178 pages
...his burial, written by the Rev. Charles Wolfe, a graduate of the University of Dublin. THE BfJRIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. " Not a drum was heard, not a funeral...And the lantern- dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet or in shroud we wound h'.m ; But he lay like a warrior taking his... | |
 | Great Britain. Adjutant-General's Office, Richard Cannon - 1847 - 180 pages
...NINTH regiment furnished the fatigue party in the interment of their revered Commander : — Not a drum was heard, — not a funeral note, — As his...moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning 1 1809 No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet, nor in shroud we wound him ; But he lay... | |
 | Book - 1847 - 206 pages
...Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head. GOLDSMITH. BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. NOT a drum was heard, not...buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sod with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And our lantern dimly burning.... | |
 | Book - 1847 - 216 pages
...Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head. GOLDSMITH. BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. NOT a drum was heard, not...buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sod with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And our lantern dimly burning.... | |
 | Aristophanes - 1848 - 522 pages
...except that the place of the spondee of quantity is usually supplied by the iambus of accent. " Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, " As his corse...struggling moon-beam's misty light, " And the lantern dimly burning."09 Any ordinary " hexameter"00 may be converted into an " ana" pa?stic tetrameter" by simply... | |
 | Richard Cannon - 1848 - 174 pages
...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...moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning! 1809 -No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet, nor in shroud we wound him; But he lay like... | |
| |
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 misty light And the lantern dimly burning. 
