...Burial of Sir John Moore. — WOLFE. NOT a drum was heard', nor a funeral note', As his corsed o'er 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 sod with our bayonets« turning', By the...

...danger, nights of waking. 3. Not a drum was heard, nor a funeral note, As his corpse to the ramparts we hurried; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hevo we buried. EXERCISES IN VERSIFICATION. 1'imftics to 6e versified, rhyming in couplets, and each...

...THE DEATH OF SIR JOHN MOORE. NOT a drum was heard nor a funeral note, As his corse to the ramparts we hurried, Not a soldier discharged his farewell...buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The turf with our bay'nets turning, By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And our lanterns dimly burning....

...Admiral Calmady's red nose. LINES ON THF. vl i: [ VI. OF SIB JOHN MOORF. NOT a drum was heard, nor a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried : Not a soldier discharged a farewell shot. O'er the grave where our hero was buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The...

...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...

...the above stanza, which then assumes the following form — disregarding, of course, the sense — " Heard not a funeral note, " As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; " 'Charged his farewell shot, " O'er the grave where our hero we buried." These four English metres...

...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,...

...gems" which '* The iLirk, unfluhnmed depths of ocran hear.'* WOLFE. THE BUR1AL OF S1R JOHN MOORE. NOT a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to...his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we hurled. We huried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning, — By the struggling...

...THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. Not a drum was heard, nor a funeral note, As his corse to 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 sods with our bayonets turning, By the struggling...

...bow was still seen in the sky. LESSON XCV. The Burial of Sir John Moore.*— REV. C. WOLFE. 1. NOT a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the ramparts we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our Hero was...