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... , 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 , 5 Burial of Sir John Moore.
... , 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 , 5 Burial of Sir John Moore.
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... dead , As we bitterly thought of the morrow . We thought , as we hollowed his narrow bed , And smoothed down his lonely pillow , That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head , And we far away on the billow ! Lightly they'll ...
... dead , As we bitterly thought of the morrow . We thought , as we hollowed his narrow bed , And smoothed down his lonely pillow , That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head , And we far away on the billow ! Lightly they'll ...
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... dead any nail in town , — As For though distress had cut him up , It could not cut him down ! A dozen men sat on his corpse , To find out why he died- And they buried Ben in four cross roads , With a stake in his inside ! Hood . 13 ...
... dead any nail in town , — As For though distress had cut him up , It could not cut him down ! A dozen men sat on his corpse , To find out why he died- And they buried Ben in four cross roads , With a stake in his inside ! Hood . 13 ...
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... dead . The flames roll'd on . He would not go Without his father's word ; That father faint in death below , His voice no longer heard . He called aloud : " Say , father , say " If yet my task is done , " He knew not that the chieftain ...
... dead . The flames roll'd on . He would not go Without his father's word ; That father faint in death below , His voice no longer heard . He called aloud : " Say , father , say " If yet my task is done , " He knew not that the chieftain ...
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... dead . But the cheerful spring came kindly on , And showers began to fall ; John Barleycorn got up again , And sore surprised them all . The sultry suns of summer came , And he grew thick and strong , His head well armed wi ' pointed ...
... dead . But the cheerful spring came kindly on , And showers began to fall ; John Barleycorn got up again , And sore surprised them all . The sultry suns of summer came , And he grew thick and strong , His head well armed wi ' pointed ...
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