Sword Mightier Than Spoken, Written Word

Could Christian martyrs with miraculous stories for freedom barter?
Roman Caesars with gladiator, beast slew their sons and daughters.
Did Socrates with dialectic discourse ancient beliefs divorce?
With his apology could not favor curry or stem poison's fury.
Galileo's keen, scientic observations could not prevent his degradation,
For continual, heretical prevarication, was damned to incarceration
Joan of Arc's patriotic reserve could not her death sentence curb;
Her gift of divination could not prevent her fleshes' incineration.
Noble, English queen's, renewed vows could not progeny endow,
nor could royal title Henry's executioner's blade idle.
Did Nathan Hale with eloquent courage, his exchange encourage?
On a lofty gallow, fallow ground with blood did hallow.
Nazis with disguised passports could not evade Mossad-assassin imports,
O'er exiles hung Damocles sword and imminent war crimes trial.