 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...  The Irish Quarterly Review - 333. lappuse1856Pilnskats - Par šo grāmatu
 | Brothers of the Christian schools of Ireland - 1846 - 144 lapas
...I bring my captive train ; I pledge my faith, my liege, my lord; oh! break my father's chain. Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to...hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried. The soul, secure in her existence, smiles At the drawn dagger,... | |
 | 1846 - 436 lapas
...thee." 144 BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. — 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 was buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 lapas
...WOLFE, with an interesting memoir of his life. THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. 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 of night, The sods with our bayonets... | |
 | Miles Gerald Keon - 1846 - 608 lapas
...beautiful in German, than it is in the masculine English. THE 11l • HI ,4 1. OF SIB 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 shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried.... | |
 | Book - 1847 - 206 lapas
...clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head. GOLDSMITH. BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. NOT a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to...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 sod with our bayonets... | |
 | Book - 1847 - 216 lapas
...clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head. GOLDSMITH. BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. NOT a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to...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 sod with our bayonets... | |
 | Robert Penn Warren - 1988 - 114 lapas
...recognize the first two lines, and the last of that favorite of my boyhood. The first two lines are: Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried I remembered that "hurried" rhymes with "buried." I recognized the rest of the poem, but later could... | |
 | Benedict Richard O'Gorman Anderson - 1991 - 244 lapas
...shifting rhythms of these famous lines on the death of John Moore during the battle of Coruiia:7 1. Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to...hurried; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried. 2. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1992 - 260 lapas
...already, as one may say, buried under arms with funeral accompaniments, though it may be, — "Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note. As his corse to...hurried; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried." The mass of men serve the state thus, not as men mainly,... | |
 | Martin Gardner - 1995 - 212 lapas
...civil disohedience, without identifying the poem or its author. 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 shot O'er the grave where our hero we huried.... | |
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