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"Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried."
Charles Wolfe / The Burial of Sir John Moore.

The Burial of Sir John Moore.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain

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"But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him."
Charles Wolfe / The Burial of Sir John Moore.

The Burial of Sir John Moore.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain

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"Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory."
Charles Wolfe / The Burial of Sir John Moore.

The Burial of Sir John Moore.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain

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"If I had thought thou couldst have died, I might not weep for thee; But I forgot, when by thy side, That thou couldst mortal be."
Charles Wolfe / To Mary.

To Mary.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain

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"Yet there was round thee such a dawn Of light, ne'er seen before, As fancy never could have drawn, And never can restore."
Charles Wolfe / To Mary.

To Mary.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain

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"Go, forget me! why should sorrow O'er that brow a shadow fling? Go, forget me, and to-morrow Brightly smile and sweetly sing! Smile,--though I shall not be near thee; Sing,--though I shall never hear thee!"
Charles Wolfe / Go, forget me!

Go, forget me!

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain

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