...OK SIR JOHN MOORE. Who fell at the battle of Corunna, in Spain, In 1808. NOT a drum was heard, nor a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried,...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...

...BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. Who fill at the battle of Corunna in Spain, in 1808. Not a dram was heard, nor a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried,...buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with ourbayonets turning ; By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless...

...Farewell. THE BURIAL OP SIR JOHN MOORE,* Who fell at the Batik ofConmna, in 1808. NOT a drum was heard, nor a funeral note, As his. corse to the rampart we hurried...farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried. * This little poem first appeared in some of the newspapers a few days ago. It is too beautiful not...

...retreating army had taken to their ships. "Not a drum was heard, nor a Funeral note, As his corse to ill - rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his...sods with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moon-beam's misty light. And the lantern dimly burning. / No useless coffins enclosed his breast, Not...

...and that it might not be imagined he had disappear* ed with the money of the troop." THE BURIAL OP SIR JOHN MOORE. Not a drum was heard, not a funeral...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...

...THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE, Who fell at the Battle of Cornnna, in 1808. NOT a drum was heard, nor a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried...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...

...June 1S17. Tie affair, tarcvcr, to which it refers, aid the distinguished person whom it so lustly We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with...lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheets nor in shrouds we bound him, But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With...

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...say 'tis thine ! THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE, Whofett at Corunna in 1808. Nor a drum was heard, nor a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried...sods with our bayonets turning ; By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, But he...

...for rinding a place here : " Not a drum was heard, nor a funeral note, " As his corse to the ramparts we hurried ; " Not a soldier discharged his farewell...with our bayonets turning, — " By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, " And the lantern dimly burning. " Few and short were the prayers we said,...