 | William Draper Swan - American literature - 1845 - 494 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 its task of fame is wrought —... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Anatomy - 1845 - 330 pages
...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...voice — sounds like a prophet's word, And, in its hollow tones, are heard — The thanks of millions— yet to be. Bozzarris ! with the storied brave,... | |
 | John Frost - Elocution - 1845 - 458 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... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - Elocution - 1846 - 340 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. Bozzaris ! with the storied brave Greece nurtured... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1847 - 456 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... | |
 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - Literary Criticism - 1847 - 308 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... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1848 - 566 pages
...groan, the knell, the pall, the bier ; And all we know, or feel, 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." Ah, poetry! how vain and false thou art... | |
 | David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 pages
...the pall, the bier, And all we know, or dream, or fear Of agony, are thine. But to the hero, when hia 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 Bozzaris ! with the storied brave Greece nurtured... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1835 - 320 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 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... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - Elocution - 1849 - 446 pages
...| all we | know, | "] or | dream, or | fear **| | 1 Of | agony, | -| are | thine. | Tl I Tl I 742. But to the | hero, | ""] when his ] sword ^| | ^|...the | free, | ^] \ **] | Thy voice ~] | sounds like aj prophet's | word, *•] And in its | hollow [ tones are | heard *"] | **] The | thanks of | millions... | |
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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. 
