 | George Croly - 1850 - 442 Seiten
...THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOOU. NOT a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell...his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ; Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow : But we stedfastly gazed... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 Seiten
...soldier's sepulchre 1 TTTT THE RURIAL OV SIE JOHN MOORE. Nor a drum was heard — not a funeral note, As his corse to the ramparts we hurried ; Not a soldier...dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning, By the*truggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1879 - 372 Seiten
...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...moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. 3. No useless coffin inclosed his breast, Not in sheet or in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like... | |
 | Arnold D. Harvey - 1998 - 350 Seiten
...Sir John Moore at Corunna': Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corpse to the rampart we hurried; Not a soldier discharged his farewell...moonbeam's misty light And the lantern dimly burning . . . But half of our heavy task was done When the clock struck the hour for retiring; And we heard... | |
 | Eddie McCartney - 1999 - 104 Seiten
...drum was heard, not a funeral note As his corpse to the rampart we hurried, Not a soldier discharges his farewell shot, O'er the grave where our Hero we...sods with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moonbeam 's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. ' 5a11yc1og V-SJTS . ^ Stewartstown, about... | |
 | William Butler Yeats - 2000 - 324 Seiten
...we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried. 12 We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with...dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet or in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial... | |
 | William Butler Yeats - 2002 - 216 Seiten
...Moore THE BURIAL OF SIRJOHN MOORE Not a drum was heard, not a funeral-note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried; Not a soldier discharged his farewell...dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning, No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet or in shroud we wound him; But he lay like a warrior... | |
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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 moonbeam's misty light And the lantern dimly burning. 
