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. Remember the Alamo - Page 353by Amelia E. Barr - 1888 - 431 pagesFull view - About this book
| 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...tones are heard The thanks of millions yet to be. Come, when his task of Fame is wrought — Come, with her laurel-leaf, blood-bought — Come in her... | |
| 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...tones are heard The thanks of millions yet to be. Come, when his task of Fame is wrought ; Come, with her laurel-leaf, blood bought ; Come in her crowning... | |
| 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...tones are heard The thanks of millions yet to be. Come when his task of Fame is wrought— Come with her laurel-leaf, blood-bought— Come in her crowning... | |
| 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...tones are heard The thanks of millions yet to be. Come, when his task of fame is wrought — Come, with her laurel-leaf, blood-bought — Come in her... | |
| 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...tones are heard The thanks of millions yet to be. Come when his task of Fame is wrought — Come with her laurel-leaf, blood-bought — Come in her crowning... | |
| 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...tones are heard The thanks of millions yet to be. Bozzaris ! with the storied brave Greece nurtured in her glory's time, Best thee — there is no prouder... | |
| 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...tones are heard The thanks of millions yet to be. Bozzaris ! with the storied brave * Plaintive. Greece nurtured in her glory's time, Rest thee — there... | |
| 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...tones are heard The thanks of millions yet to be. Bozzaris! with the storied brave Greece nurtured in her glory's time, Rest thee — there is no prouder... | |
| 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...tones are heard The thanks of millions yet to be. Come, when his task of fame is wrought— Come, with her laurel-leaf, blood-bought— Come in her crowning... | |
| Benjamin Dudley Emerson - American literature - 1830 - 334 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...tones are heard The thanks of millions yet to be. Bozzaris ! with the storied brave Greece nurtured in her glory's time, Rest thee — there is no prouder... | |
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