 | William Draper Swan - American literature - 1845 - 482 pages
...Burial of Sir John Moore. WOLFE. NOT a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the ramparts we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell...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 rest, With his martial... | |
 | William Russell - Elocution - 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."... | |
 | John Frost - Elocution - 1845 - 458 pages
...SIR JOHN MOORE. NOT a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with...No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet or in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around... | |
 | sir Charles Gavan Duffy - Ballads, Irish - 1845 - 262 pages
...Academy.] Not a soldier discharged his Cnrrivell-shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried. We huried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets...No useless coffin enclosed his breast. Not in sheet or in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pages
...drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the ramparts we hurried : Not a soldier discharg'd his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we...sods with our bayonets turning ; By the struggling moonbeams' misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclos'd his breast, Not in... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1845 - 492 pages
...himself endures. THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. NOT a drum was heard nor a funeral note, As his corse o'er the rampart we hurried, Not a soldier discharged his...buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sod with our bayonets turning, By the trembling moon-beams' misty light, And our lantern dimly burning.... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 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...No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet or in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1846 - 332 pages
...gems" which " The dark, unfathom'd depths of ocean bear." WOLFE. THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. NOT a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to...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... | |
 | Brothers of the Christian schools of Ireland - 1846 - 144 pages
...I bring my captive train ; I pledge my faith, my liege, my lord; oh! break my father's chain. Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to...farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried. The soul, secure in her existence, smiles At the drawn dagger, and defies its point. The stars shall... | |
 | 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...light, And the lantern 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... | |
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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... 
