 | John Evans - 1817 - 610 pages
...RAMPART we hurried, Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our HEBO was buried! We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sod with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moon-beam's misty light And the lantern dimly burning ! No useless coffin inclosed his breast, Nor... | |
 | English literature - 1818 - 596 pages
...we hurried ; Not a soldier discharg'd liis farewell shot, O'er the grave where our hero we buried. We buried him darkly, at dead of night, The sod with our bayonets turning, By tlie struggling moon-beams' misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin inclos'd... | |
 | Renfrew county - 1821 - 542 pages
...refers, aid the distinguished person whom it so lustly 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. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheets nor in shrouds we bound him, But he lay like a... | |
 | 1825 - 424 pages
...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 moonbeams' misty light. And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his brefcst, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we bound him ; But he lay like a... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1825 - 710 pages
...farewell shot O'er the grave whero our Hero was buried. " 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. 327 " No useless coffin enclosed hi* bruit, Not in sheet or in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - Readers, American - 1828 - 266 pages
...farewell shot O'er the grave where our Hero was buried, 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. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we wound him;] But he lay — like... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 418 pages
...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 in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ; But he lay—like... | |
 | English poetry - 1828 - 814 pages
...farewell shot, O'er the grave where our hero was buried ! 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. — No useless coffin inclosed his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we bound him, . But he lay like... | |
 | Lyre - English poetry - 1830 - 396 pages
...farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero was buried ! We buried him darkly, at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning, By the struggling moonbeams' 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... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - American literature - 1830 - 334 pages
...farewell shot O'er the grave where our Hero was buried. 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. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ; But he lay — like... | |
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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 moonbeams' misty light And the lantern dimly burning. 
