John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
6874 Alfred Tennyson Tennyson 1809-1892 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 6874 |
| AUTHOR: | Alfred Tennyson Tennyson (1809–1892) |
| QUOTATION: | No sound is breathed so potent to coerce And to conciliate, as their names who dare For that sweet mother-land which gave them birth Nobly to do, nobly to die. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Tiresias. |