 | John Burke, Bernard Burke - 1848 - 424 pages
...translation is that of which Dr. Anster speaks ; the French, one of the ingenious Father Prout's versions. THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. Not a drum was heard,...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... | |
 | William Russell - 1848 - 94 pages
...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 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.'... | |
 | George Croly - 1849 - 416 pages
...the cherab-seated God, full blazed th' irradiate dome. WOLFE. THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOOBJt. NOT a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to...light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his... | |
 | Joseph Guy - 1849 - 118 pages
...BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE, WHO FELL AT THE BATTLE OF CORUNNA, ISOS. WOLFE. 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, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we wound him, But he lay like a warrior taking his... | |
 | 1856 - 666 pages
...otherwise. There is a tenderness and beauty about them which every sensitive heart at once recognises. THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. Not a drum was heard,...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... | |
 | George Croly - 1850 - 442 pages
...stores prepare, And we shall kneel again in thankful prayer, WOLFE THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOOU. NOT a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to...light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ; Few and short were the prayers we said,... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pages
...RURIAL OV SIE JOHN MOORE. Nor a drum was heard — not a funeral note, As his corse to the ramparts we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell...dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning, By the*truggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 pages
...followmg words : Heard and Herd. Lay and Lie. Corse, or Corpse, and Corps. Hollowed and Hallowed. NOT a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to...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... | |
 | William Enfield, James Pycroft - 1851 - 422 pages
...encouraging thought ! Gives even affliction a grace, And reconciles man to his lot. COWFER. CHAPTER XXXI. ON THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. NOT a drum was heard,...dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning, No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we wound him, But he lay like a warrior... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1851 - 764 pages
...funeral note, As his corpse to the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell «hot It Q * Q * * enclosed his breast. Not in sheet or iu shroud we wound him; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest,... | |
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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. 
