 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 Magazine of Poetry - Page 2491891Full view - About this book
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...supplied by the iambus of accent. " Not ai! ' l * in was heard, not a funeral note, " As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; " Not a soldier discharged his...struggling moon-beam's misty light, " And the lantern dimly burning."s* Any ordinary " hexameter "" may be converted into an " ana" paestic tetrameter" by simply... | |
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...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 his...light. And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enelosed his breast, Not in sheet or in shroud we wound htm But he lay like a warrior taking his rest,... | |
 | 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...sods with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moon-beams misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in... | |
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 | Jesse Olney - Readers - 1838 - 346 pages
...Moore.*— REV. C. WOLFE. 1. 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 was buried. 2. We buried him darkly ; at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning; By the... | |
 | William Martin - Readers - 1838 - 368 pages
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 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1838 - 316 pages
...of Sir John Moore. 1 ( — )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'was buried. 2 We buried him darkly; at dead of night; The sods with our bayonets turning, By the... | |
 | Priscilla Maden Watts - 1839 - 286 pages
...hours before the British troops embarked. 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 huried. We huried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning, By the struggling... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1839 - 316 pages
...of Sir John Moore. 1 ( — )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 was buried. 2 We buried htm darkly; at dead of night; The sods with our bayonets turning, By the struggling... | |
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...1791-1823. THE KUKKl. 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...buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sodfc with our bayonets turning — By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly... | |
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