 | English poetry - 1831 - 272 pages
...: " Take me hence, my brave comrades," the vet'ran did " My duty's complete, and contented I die.*' THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE.' NOT a drum was heard, nor a funeral note, As his corse to the ramparts we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot, Oe'r the grave where our hero was... | |
 | Peninsular War, 1807-1814 - 1831 - 318 pages
...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 the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot, O'er the grave where our hero we buried. Meantime, General Hope, on whom... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - Elocution - 1831 - 356 pages
...drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the ramparts 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 sods with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moon-beams'... | |
 | John J. Harrod - Readers - 1832 - 338 pages
...till then, let my epitaph 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; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried. 2. We buried him darkly, at dead... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1832 - 310 pages
...consults hi* own safety in 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; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried. We buried him darkly, at dead... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...never could have drawn, And never can restore ! BUlllAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. 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... | |
 | James Campbell (teacher of English.) - 1832 - 274 pages
...of those that wade iu the water, without swimming, ana usualty long and naked. Diet, of Nat. Hist. The Burial of Sir John Moore. Not a drum was heard, nor a funeral-note, As his corpse to the ramparts we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell.shot... | |
 | Moses Severance - Readers - 1832 - 312 pages
...Studied in arts most vile, in wickedness refin'd !— Burnt. SECTION IV. The Burial of Sir John Moore. 1. NOT a drum was heard, nor a funeral note, As his corse o'er the rampart we hurried; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot, O'er the grave where our hero... | |
 | Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 pages
...prayers, or gold ; I see, I feel, each day, each night, But plumes thy pinions for the flight. Anne. BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. NOT a drum was heard, nor...discharg'd his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried. We buried him darkly, at dead of the night, The sods with our bayonets turning, By the struggling... | |
 | James Carrick Moore - 1833 - 434 pages
...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 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... | |
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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. 
