 | 1847 - 798 páginas
...keep the bridge : — " Then ont spoke bold Horatins, The captain of the gate : ' To every man npon this earth Death cometh soon or late ; And how can man die better Than facing fearfnl odds, For the ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his gods?'" Not one other word shonld... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 páginas
...But the Consul's brow was sad, And the Consul's speech was low, And darkly looked he at the -.vail, And darkly at the foe: " Their van will be upon us...of the gate: " To every man upon this earth Death comcth soon or late. And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds For the ashes of his fathers... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 142 páginas
...curses, And shook its little fist. 26. But the Consul's brow was sad, And the Consul's speech was low, And darkly looked he at the wall, And darkly at the...once may win the bridge, What hope to save the town?" 27. Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the gate: " To every man upon this earth Death cometh... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 438 páginas
...little fist. 26. But the Consul's brow was sad, And the Consul's speech was low, And darkly looked hi at the wall, And darkly at the foe. "Their van will...once may win the bridge, What hope to save the town?" 27. Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the gate: " To every man upon this earth Death cometh... | |
 | 1843 - 1266 páginas
...curses, And shook its little fist. But the consul's brow was sad, And the consul's speech was low; And darkly looked he at the wall, And darkly at the...Their van will be upon us Before the bridge goes down ; VOL. I. 20 And if they once may win the bridge, What hope to save the town?' Then out spake brave... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 páginas
...shook its little 6st. But the consul's brow was sad, And the consul's speech was low, And darkly look'd he at the wall, And darkly at the foe. " Their van...once may win the bridge, What hope to save the town 1" Then out spake brave Horatius, The captain of the gate : " To every man upon this earth Death cometh... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 páginas
...acquired the name of Subliciux from the wooden piles which supported it. After the achieveThen out spoke brave Horatius, The captain of the gate : " To every...this earth Death cometh soon or late. And how can men die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his Gods.... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 páginas
...its little fist. / But the consul's brow was sad, And the consul's speech was low, And darkly look'd he at the wall, And darkly at the foe. " Their van...once may win the bridge, What hope to save the town ?" " To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late. And how can man die better Than facing... | |
 | 1847 - 806 páginas
...than the blunt declaration by Horatius of his readiness to keep the bridge : — " Then out spoke bold Horatius, The captain of the gate : ' To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon órlate; And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers, And the... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 páginas
...THE BRIDGE. — Adapted from Macmlay . THE Consul's brow was sad, and the Consul's speech was low, And darkly looked he at the wall, and darkly at the...the bridge, what hope to save the town ? " Then out spoke brave Horatius, the Captain of the gate : " To every man upon this earth death cometh, soon or... | |
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But the Consul's brow was sad, And the Consul's speech was low, And darkly looked he at the wall, And darkly at the foe. "Their van will be upon us Before the bridge goes down; And if they once may win the bridge, What hope to save the town? 
