 | John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1860 - 372 pages
...tear The groan, the knell, the pall, the bier, And att we know, or dream, or fear Of agony, are thine. But to the hero, when his sword Has won the battle...the free, Thy voice sounds like a prophet's word, Ami in its hollow tones, are heard The thanks of millions yet to be. Bozzaris! with the storied brave... | |
 | Conrad Hume Pinches - 1860 - 480 pages
...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 for the free, Thy voice sounds like a prophet's word, And in its hollow tones are heard, The thanks of million.* yet to be. • Come, when his task of fame is wrought;... | |
 | Henry Howe - United States - 1861 - 844 pages
...tear, The groan, the knell, the pall, the bier; And nil 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 —... | |
 | 1861 - 48 pages
...the true conception of heroism, of the grandeur of the self-sacrifice animating the patriot's soul. "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... | |
 | American poetry - 1861 - 144 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... | |
 | Lewis Henry Jones - Readers - 1904 - 296 pages
...5 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 for the free, 10 Thy voice sounds like a prophet's word, And in its hollow tones are heard The thanks of millions... | |
 | Lewis Henry Jones - Readers - 1904 - 296 pages
...5 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 for the free, 10 Thy voice sounds like a prophet's word, And in its hollow tones are heard The thanks of millions... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig - American poetry - 1905 - 344 pages
...bier, And all we know, or dream, or fear Of agony, are thine. Little Masterpieces of English Poetry 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 ; Come... | |
 | Augustus White Long - American Poetry (Collections) - 1905 - 382 pages
...groan, the knell, the pall, the bier, And all we know, or dream, or fear 15 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 20 The thanks of millions yet to be. Come, when his task of fame is wrought... | |
 | Sherwin Cody - American poetry - 1905 - 628 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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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. 
