 | Brothers of the Christian schools of Ireland - 1846 - 144 pages
...liege, my lord; oh! break my father's chain. Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged...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... | |
 | Book - 1847 - 206 pages
...head. GOLDSMITH. 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...of night, The sod with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And our lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin confined his breast,... | |
 | Book - 1847 - 216 pages
...head. GOLDSMITH. 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...of night, The sod with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And our lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin confined his breast,... | |
 | Anthony Hamilton (of the 43rd Light Infantry.) - 1847 - 178 pages
...Dublin. THE BfJRIAL 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...buried. We buried him darkly, at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning ; By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern- dimly burning.... | |
 | Great Britain. Adjutant-General's Office, Richard Cannon - 1847 - 180 pages
...of their revered Commander : — Not a drum was heard, — not a funeral note, — As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged...buried ! We buried him darkly at dead of- night, The sods with our bayonets turning ; By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning... | |
 | Anthony Hamilton (of the 43rd Light Infantry.) - 1847 - 176 pages
...BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE " Not a drum wag heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampar^we- hurried!. Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot,...buried. We buried him darkly, at dead of night, The sods with sur bayonets turning; By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning.... | |
 | 1847 - 910 pages
...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...of night, The sod with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin confined his breast,... | |
 | Salem Town - 1847 - 420 pages
...in Dublin in 1791, and died in 1823.] 1. NOT a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged...farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried. 2. We buried him darkly, at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning ; By the struggling moon-beam's... | |
 | William Russell - 1848 - 94 pages
...the rill.' EXERCISES ON PITCH. Lam Notes. ' Not a drum was heard, nor a funeral note As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged...of night, The sod with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning.' High Notes. ' But thou, 0 Hope !... | |
 | Aristophanes - 1848 - 522 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...buried." " We buried him darkly at dead of night, " The sods with our bayonets turning ; " By the struggling moon-beam's misty light, " And the lantern dimly... | |
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