 | Cam river - 1841 - 318 trang
...cheese, My stars ! what should we drink I GAMMER GUBTON. THE BURIAL OF SIE JOHN MOOEE. NOT a sound 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 we buried. We buried him deep at dead of... | |
 | Book - 1841 - 164 trang
...owes not, but still pays, at once Indebted and discharg'd. JJorial of Sti .5 : t- ;ij Uco rr , NOT a drum was heard, not a funeral note. As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharg'd his farewell shot, O'er the grave where our hero we honed.... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - 1842 - 352 trang
...by the chaplain ; and the corpse was covered with earth." — Edinburgh Annual Register, 1808. Not a 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 we buried. We buried him darkly at dead... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1849 - 316 trang
...killed in a battle at Co> runna in Spain, Jan. 16 1809, by the French.] 1. NOT a drum was heard, nor 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 we buried. 2. We buried him darkly, at... | |
 | Old Humphrey - 1842 - 366 trang
...following lines, written to his memory, but they will bear repeating, for they are very beautiful. ' 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.... | |
 | 1862 - 512 trang
...Each high-areh'd vault along THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE, WilO PULL AT THE BATTLB or CURUNNA. 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.... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1825 - 622 trang
...have been frequently printed with gross inaccuracy, we subjoin them in their authentic form: "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.... | |
 | Readings - 1843 - 466 trang
...MOORE. Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave of the hero we buried. SOUTHEV. NOT a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the ramparts we hurried: • We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moonbeam's... | |
 | Quaver - 1844 - 552 trang
...again, If after the parson she'd say • Amen. Oh, sweet Kitty Clover, &c. NOT A DRUM WAS HEARD. NOT a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to...discharg'da farewell shot, O'er the grave where our hero was buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The turf with our bayonets turning, By the straggling... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 108 trang
...can charm no more ; And mourned, till pity's self be dead. COLLINS. 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.... | |
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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... 
