 | William Draper Swan - 1845 - 494 pages
...heart beats high and warm, With banquet-song, and dance, and wine — And thou art terrible — the tear, / The groan, the knell, the pall, the bier,...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... | |
 | John Frost - 1845 - 458 pages
...the heart beats high and warm, With banquet-song, and dance, and wine, And thou art terrible : the 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 for the free, Thy voice Sounds like a prophet's... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1845 - 492 pages
...! thou pleasing, dreadful thought !" ADDISON. Examples of the falling and rising Inflections. " The tear, The groan, the knell, the pall, the bier. And all we know, or dream, or fear — " An excursion on the highway may as clearly as any other way, point out the five inflections of... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 396 pages
...high, and warm, With banquet-song, and dance, and wineAnil liiou an terrible! ilie tear, The groun, the knell, the pall, the bier. And all we know,— or dream, or fear, Of agouy, — are thine. Hut. to the AÍTO, when his sword Пая won ihe battle for the free. Thy voice... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - 1846 - 340 pages
...heart beats high and warm, With banquet-song, and dance, and wine ; And thou art terrible ! — The 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 for the free, Thy voice sounds like a prophet's... | |
 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - 1847 - 308 pages
...heart beats high and warni. With banquet song, and dance, and wine : And thou art terribly — the tear, The groan, the knell, the pall, the bier ; ....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... | |
 | 1847 - 540 pages
...action, sin, once more, Swell the loud tide, and fret unto the shore ! 35. And death is terrible — the tear, The groan, the knell, the pall, the bier, And all we know, or dream, or fear, Of agony, are his ! FITZ-OREEN HALLECK. 86. Here may we muse at this lone midnight hour, When thoughts steal on us,... | |
 | 1847 - 526 pages
...action, sin, once more, Swell the loud tide, and fret unto the shore ! 35. And death is terrible — the tear, The groan, the knell, the pall, the bier, And all we know, or dream, or fear, Of agony, are his ! FITZ-GREEN UALLECK. 36. Here may we muse at this lone midnight hour, When thoughts steal on us,... | |
 | David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 pages
...when the heart beats high and warm With banquet-song, and dance, and wine, And thou art terrible ; the 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 hia sword Has won the battle for the free, Thy voice sounds like a prophet's... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders, Joshua Chase Sanders - 1848 - 468 pages
...The strong compulsion of their influence. We grow like those, with whom we daily blend'. 4. • The tear', The groan', the knell', the pall', the bier', And all' we know', or dream', or fear' Of ag^ny, are thine.. 5. There is a certain untroubled seren'ity in truth' and just'ice, — there is... | |
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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. 
