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" But to the hero, when his sword Has won the battle for the free, Thy voice sounds like a prophet's word, And in its hollow tones are heard The thanks of millions yet to be. "
American Slavery and Finances - Page 77
by Robert John Walker - 1864
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The Poets of America: Illustrated by One of Her Painters...

John Keese - American poetry - 1840 - 302 pages
...The groan, the knell, the pall, the bier; And all we know, or dream, or fear, Of agony, are thine. But to the hero, when his sword Has won the battle...Thy voice sounds like a prophet's word ; And in its hollow tones are heard Come in her crowning hour — and then Thy sunken eye's unearthly light To him...
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The American Orator's Own Book: A Manual of Extemporaneous Eloquence ...

Oratory - 1840 - 452 pages
...tear, The groan, the knell, the pall, the bier, And all we know, or dream or fear Of agony, are thine. But to the hero, when his sword Has won the battle...Thy voice sounds like a prophet's word. And in its hollow tones are heard The thanks of millions yet to be. Bozzaris! with the storied brave Greece nurtured...
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The American Class-reader: Containing a Series of Lessons in Reading; with ...

George Willson - Elocution - 1840 - 298 pages
...The groan, the knell, the pall, the bier, And all we know, or dream, or fear Of agony, are thine. 5 But to the hero, when his swor,d Has won the battle...Thy voice sounds like a prophet's word, And in its hollow tones are heard The thanks of millions yet to be. Bozzaris ! with the storied brave Greece nurtured...
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The Poets of America, Volume 1

John Keese - American poetry - 1840 - 304 pages
...The groan, the knell, the pall, the bier ; And all we know, or dream, or fear, Of agony, are thine. But to the hero, when his sword Has won the battle...Thy voice sounds like a prophet's word ; And in its hollow tones are heard The thanks of millions yet to be. Come, when his task of fame is wrought —...
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The Lyre: Fugitive Poetry of the Nineteenth Century

Lyre - English poetry - 1841 - 374 pages
...The groan, the knell, the pall, the bier ; And all we know, or dream, or fear Of agony, are thine. But to the hero, when his sword Has won the battle,...Thy voice sounds like a prophet's word ; And in its hollow tones are heard The thanks of millions yet to be. Come, when his task of fame is wrought —...
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The Lyre: Fugitive Poetry of the Nineteenth Century

Lyre - English poetry - 1841 - 366 pages
...tear, The groan, the knell, the pall, the bier; And all we know, or dream, or fear Of agony, are thine. But to the hero, when his sword Has won the battle,...Thy voice sounds like a prophet's word ; And in its hollow tones are heard The thanks of millions yet to be. Come, when his task of fame is wrought —...
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A System of Elocution: With Special Reference to Gesture, to the Treatment ...

Andrew Comstock - Elocution - 1841 - 410 pages
...the pall', | the bien ; | And all we know, | or dream', | or fear' | Of agony, | are thine,. | 4But to the hero, | "when his sword , | Has won the battle for the free, | 4Thy voice sounds like a proph'et's word ; 2And in its hollow tones, are heard , | 4The thanks of...
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The Poets and Poetry of America: With an Historical Introduction

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1842 - 638 pages
...tear, The groan, the knell, the pall, the bier; And all we know, or dream, or fear Of agony, are thine. But to the hero, when his sword Has won the battle...Thy voice sounds like a prophet's word ; And in its hollow tones are heard The thanks of millions yet to be. Come, when his task of fame is wrought —...
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The United States Reader: Containing a Variety of Exercises in Reading ...

John D. Post - Readers - 1842 - 314 pages
...terrible :y the tear, The groan, the knell, the pall, the bier,r And all we know, or dream, or fear 6. But to the hero, when his sword Has won the battle for the free, Thy voice sounds like a prophet's word,0 And in its hollow tones are heard The thanks of millions yet to be. Bozzaris !m with the storied...
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Practical Elocution: Containing Illustrations of the Principles of Reading ...

Samuel Niles Sweet - Elocution - 1843 - 324 pages
...The groan, the knell, the pall, the bier ; And all we know, or dream, or fear Of agony, are thine. 6. But to the hero, when his sword Has won the battle...Thy voice sounds like a prophet's word ; And in its hollow tones are heard Bozzaris ! with the storied brave Greece nurtured in her glory's time, Rest...
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