 | Aristophanes - 1837 - 540 pages
...usually supplied by the iambus of accent. " Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, " As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; " Not a soldier discharged...struggling moon-beam's misty light, " And the lantern dimly burning." 6 ' Any ordinary " hexameter" 90 may be converted into an " ana" paestic tetrameter"... | |
 | 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... | |
 | William Martin - 1838 - 368 pages
...the ramparts 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...struggling moon-beam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin confined his breast, Nor in sheet, nor in shroud we bound him; But... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1838 - 336 pages
...heard, not a funeral note. As his corse to the rampart we hurried; Not a soldier diseharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried. We buried...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... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1838 - 348 pages
...•• * WOLFE. THE BURIAL OP SIR JOHN MOOBE. >JoT a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried; Not a soldier discharged...farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried. We huried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning,— By the struggling moonbeam's... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1838 - 346 pages
...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 struggling moon-beams' misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. 3. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor... | |
 | Readings - 1839 - 460 pages
...funeral note, As his corse to the ramparts we hurried: SOUTHET. Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried. We buried...struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet nor in shroud we wound him; But... | |
 | Priscilla Maden Watts - 1839 - 286 pages
...few 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 buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our... | |
 | Elizabeth Parker (editor.) - 1841 - 354 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...struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ; But... | |
 | Book - 1841 - 164 pages
...not a funeral note. As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharg'd his farewell shot, O'er the grave where our hero we buried. We...sods with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moonbeams' misty light, And lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet... | |
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drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corpse 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... 
