 | John Pierpont - 1828 - 320 Seiten
...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 moon-beam's misty light, And the lantern, dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, But... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - 1828 - 600 Seiten
...SIR JOHN MOORE. NOT a drum was heard, not a funeral-note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; 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. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in... | |
 | 1828 - 316 Seiten
...board ; the picquets also were withdrawn, and embarked before daylight, and the reserve were alone left We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning ; By the struggling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. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in... | |
 | William Brittainham Lacey - 1828 - 308 Seiten
...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 moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - 1828 - 422 Seiten
...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 moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in... | |
 | Charles Wolfe - 1828 - 312 Seiten
...hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried. H. \Ve buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning ; By the struggling moonbeam's misty lijjht, And the lantern dimly burning. nr. No useless coffin enclosed his breast,... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1828 - 650 Seiten
...board ; the picqnets also were withdrawn, and embarked before daylight, and the reserve were alone left We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning ; By the siruggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast,... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - 1828 - 426 Seiten
...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. 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 cloak... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1829 - 290 Seiten
...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 moon-beam's misty light, And the lantern, dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor... | |
 | 1829 - 434 Seiten
...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. ' 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... | |
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By the 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 he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him. Few and short were the... 
