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Poem
January 12, 1849
Anti Slavery Bugle
New Lisbon, Salem, Columbiana County, Ohio
What is this article about?
A poem celebrating the inevitable triumph of ideas and freedom over tyrannical swords, referencing the fall of Vienna in 1848, the Danube, historical tyrants like the Stuarts and Bourbons, and events in Milan, Prague, and Pesth under figures like Radetzky, Latour, and Lemberg.
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OCR Quality
95%
Excellent
Full Text
From Douglass Jerrold's Newspaper.
IDEAS WILL CONQUER SWORDS.
BY W. C. BENNET
Why wail we free Vienna's fall,
Though Stephen's tower looks down
Again upon it emperor-crushed,
A storm and sword-ruled town?
What though its bloody homes there fill
The tyrant's brutal hordes-
Who fears a moment for the right?
Ideas will conquer swords.
A time thy sceptred power might dare
To dam thy Danube's flow;
Would'st thou its swol'n strength long stay?
I tell thee, tyrant—Do.
It comes-it comes-or soon or late,
Despite your butcher hordes.
The hour when right shall shatter might,
Ideas shall conquer swords.
Hast thou forgot the Stuart's fate?
How he—the Bourbon—died?
They, too, on freedom falsely fanned-
They, too, to freedom lied.
Beware! the scaffold's bloody axe
Perhaps such deeds' rewards—
Ay, think on Latour's—Lemberg's fate-
Ideas will conquer swords.
Yes—Milan's 'neath Radetzky's hell,
And Prague her fall hath known
And fiery Pesth Vienna's fate
Perchance may call her own;
Yet Freedom laughs to scorn the power
Of all thy hireling hordes-
Or late or soon its hour is sure—
Ideas will conquer swords.
IDEAS WILL CONQUER SWORDS.
BY W. C. BENNET
Why wail we free Vienna's fall,
Though Stephen's tower looks down
Again upon it emperor-crushed,
A storm and sword-ruled town?
What though its bloody homes there fill
The tyrant's brutal hordes-
Who fears a moment for the right?
Ideas will conquer swords.
A time thy sceptred power might dare
To dam thy Danube's flow;
Would'st thou its swol'n strength long stay?
I tell thee, tyrant—Do.
It comes-it comes-or soon or late,
Despite your butcher hordes.
The hour when right shall shatter might,
Ideas shall conquer swords.
Hast thou forgot the Stuart's fate?
How he—the Bourbon—died?
They, too, on freedom falsely fanned-
They, too, to freedom lied.
Beware! the scaffold's bloody axe
Perhaps such deeds' rewards—
Ay, think on Latour's—Lemberg's fate-
Ideas will conquer swords.
Yes—Milan's 'neath Radetzky's hell,
And Prague her fall hath known
And fiery Pesth Vienna's fate
Perchance may call her own;
Yet Freedom laughs to scorn the power
Of all thy hireling hordes-
Or late or soon its hour is sure—
Ideas will conquer swords.
What sub-type of article is it?
Satire
Ballad
Ode
What themes does it cover?
Liberty Independence
Political
War Military
What keywords are associated?
Vienna Fall
Tyranny
Freedom
Ideas Swords
Danube
Stuart Bourbon
Latour Lempo
Milan Radetzky
Prague Pesth
What entities or persons were involved?
By W. C. Bennet
Poem Details
Title
Ideas Will Conquer Swords.
Author
By W. C. Bennet
Subject
On The Fall Of Vienna And Tyranny In Europe
Form / Style
Rhymed Quatrains
Key Lines
Ideas Will Conquer Swords.
The Hour When Right Shall Shatter Might,
Ideas Shall Conquer Swords.
Ideas Will Conquer Swords.
Ideas Will Conquer Swords.