| Robert Turnbull - 1847 - 396 ページ
...Wolfe's exquisite lyric, — " Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corpse to the ramparts we hurried, Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot, O'er the grave where our hero we buried." Sir John Moore was a citizen of Glasgow, and his townsmen have erected this statue as expressive of... | |
| 1847 - 906 ページ
...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 of night, The sod with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning.... | |
| William Russell - 1848 - 94 ページ
...on the forest or hill, No sound but the lullaby sung by the rill.' EXERCISES ON PITCH. Lam Notes. ' Not a drum was heard, nor a funeral note As his corse...buried. We buried him darkly, at dead of night, The sod with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning.'... | |
| William Cooke Taylor - 1848 - 532 ページ
...funeral. BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. Not a drum was heard, nor a funeral note, As his course to the ramparts we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell...buried We buried him darkly at dead of night, The turf with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lanterns dimly burning.... | |
| 1848 - 460 ページ
...puhlications of the day, I offer it as it fell mournfully from the poet's own pen. u Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note As his corse to the rampart we hurried;...his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we huried. We huried him darkly — at dead of nicht, The sods with our hayoneta turning; By the struggling... | |
| Benedict Richard O'Gorman Anderson - 1991 - 244 ページ
...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 the rampart we hurried;...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 moonbeams'... | |
| Henry David Thoreau - 1992 - 260 ページ
...say, buried under arms with funeral accompaniments, though it may be, — "Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note. As his corse to the rampart we hurried;...farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried." The mass of men serve the state thus, not as men mainly, but as machines, with their bodies. They are... | |
| Martin Gardner - 1995 - 212 ページ
...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. We huried him darkly, at dead of night, The sods with our hayonets turning, By the struggling... | |
| Henry David Thoreau - 1996 - 220 ページ
...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 the rampart we hurried;...farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried. The mass of men serve the State thus, not as men mainly, but as machines, with their bodies. They are... | |
| Lenora Ledwon - 1996 - 524 ページ
...funeral accompaniments, though it may be, — Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note. As his corpse to the rampart we hurried; Not a soldier discharged...farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried. The mass of men serve the state thus, not as men mainly, but as machines, with their bodies. They are... | |
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