 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...  Harper's Cyclopædia of British and American Poetry - Page 413edited by - 1881 - 958 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Kennedy - 1833 - 272 pages
...was heard, nor a funeral note As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged bis farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried....burning. • No useless coffin enclosed his breast ; Nor in sheet nor shroud we bound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial... | |
 | Aristophanes - Greek drama - 1837 - 518 pages
...except that the place of the spondee of quantity is usually supplied by the iambus of accent. " Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, " As his corse...moon-beam's misty light, " And the lantern dimly burning."" Any ordinary " hexameter"00 may be converted into an " ana" p: 1 -stic tetrameter" by simply adding... | |
 | Aristophanes - Greek drama - 1837 - 540 pages
...the place of the spondee of quantity is usually supplied by the iambus of accent. " Not ai! ' l * in was heard, not a funeral note, " As his corse to the...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... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 348 pages
...the structure of his verse, without impairing if« vigour. WOLFE. THE BURIAL OP SIH JOHN MOORE. NOT a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to...breast, Not in sheet or in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him. Few and short were the prayers... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 412 pages
...the structure of hi> verse, without impairing its vigour. WOLFE. THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. Nor a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to...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... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 368 pages
...joy in memory yet. CHARLES WOLFE. 1791-1823. THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. NOT a drum was heard, nor a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried...breast, Not in sheet or in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him. Few and short were the prayers... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 378 pages
...joy in memory yet. CHARLES WOLFE. 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...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... | |
 | Old Humphrey - Sailors - 1842 - 366 pages
...following lines, written to his memory, but they will bear repeating, for they are very beautiful. ' Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to...breast, Not in sheet or in shroud we wound him, But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him. ' Few and short were the... | |
 | American poetry - 1862 - 512 pages
...Each high-areh'd vault along THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE, WilO PULL AT THE BATTLB or CURUNNA. Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to...dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we bound him, But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial... | |
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