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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 New-York Review, and Atheneum Magazine, Volume 1

William Cullen Bryant, Robert Charles Sands, Henry J. Anderson - American periodicals - 1825 - 506 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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Janus; or, The Edinburgh literary almanach, Issue 2

Janus - 1826 - 568 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 ; Come,...
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The United States Review and Literary Gazette, Volume 2

American periodicals - 1827 - 496 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— Come...
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Alnwick Castle, with Other Poems, Issue 2

Fitz-Greene Halleck - Alnwick Castle - 1827 - 76 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 United States Review and Literary Gazette, Volume 2

American periodicals - 1827 - 500 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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Exercises in Reading and Recitation

Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 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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Analysis of the Principles of Rhetorical Delivery as Applied in Reading and ...

Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 452 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 * Plaintive....
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An Illustration of the Principles of Elocution ...

William Brittainham Lacey - Elocution - 1828 - 308 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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Specimens of American Poetry: With Critical and Biographical ..., Volume 3

Samuel Kettell - American poetry - 1829 - 432 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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Studies in Poetry: Embracing Notices of the Lives and Writings of the Best ...

George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...The groan, the knell, the frail, the heir, * 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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