 | James Kennedy - 1830 - 502 pages
...said, it was the finest epitaph ever written*. * Not a drum was heard, nor a funeral note As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged...sods with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moon-beam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No " You must have been highly gratified by... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - American literature - 1830 - 334 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Lyre - English poetry - 1830 - 396 pages
...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...light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we bound him, But he lay like a warrior taking his... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - Elocution - 1831 - 356 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1832 - 310 pages
...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...sods with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moon-beam's misty light, And the lantern, dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor... | |
 | James Kennedy - 1833 - 270 pages
...said, it was the finest epitaph ever written*. * Not a drum was heard, nor a funeral note As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged...sods with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moon-beam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast ; Nor... | |
 | James Hedderwick - Oratory - 1833 - 232 pages
...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...• 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... | |
 | Aristophanes - Greek drama - 1837 - 518 pages
...usually supplied by the iambus of accent. " Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, " As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; " Not a soldier discharged...sods with our bayonets turning ; " By the struggling moon-beam's misty light, " And the lantern dimly burning."" Any ordinary " hexameter"00 may be converted... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. NOT a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the ramparts we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell...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... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 412 pages
...vigour. WOLFE. THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. Nor a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged...sods with our bayonets turning, — By the struggling moonbeam's misty light. And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enelosed his breast, Not in... | |
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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... 
