 But with a crash like thunder Fell every loosened beam, And like a dam the mighty wreck Lay right athwart the stream: And a long shout of triumph Rose from the walls of Rome, As to the highest turret-tops Was splashed the yellow foam.  A First[-fifth] Reader - Página 107por Jenny H. Stickney - 1892Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1843 - 626 páginas
...their feet They felt the timbers crack. But when they turned their faces, And on the farther shore Saw. brave Horatius stand alone, They would have crossed...highest turret-tops Was splashed the yellow foam. And like a horse unbroken When first he feels the rein, The furious river struggled hard, And tossed... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 páginas
...their feet They felt the timbers crack. But when they turned their faces, And on the farther shore Saw brave Horatius stand alone, They would have crossed...to the highest turret-tops Was splashed the yellow foatu. And like a horse unbroken. When first he feels the rein, The furious river struggled hard, And... | |
 | 1842 - 416 páginas
...bridge, and the floating of the ruin down the tide, are described in the following beautiful lines — " But with a crash like thunder Fell every loosened...highest turret-tops Was splashed the yellow foam. And, like a horse unbroken, When first he feels the rein, The furious river struggled hard, And tossed... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Eliakim Littell - 1843 - 606 páginas
...their feet They felt the timbers crack. But when they turned their faces, And on the farther shore Saw brave Horatius stand alone. They would have crossed...highest turret-tops Was splashed the yellow foam. And, like a horse unbroken When first he feels the rein. . The furious river struggled hard, And tossed... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 142 páginas
...faces, And on the farther shore Saw brave Horatius stand alone, They would have crossed once more. 55. But with a crash like thunder Fell every loosened...highest turret-tops Was splashed the yellow foam. 56. And, like a horse unbroken When first he feels the rein, The furious river struggled hard, And... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 438 páginas
...faces, And on the farther shore Saw brave Horatius stand alone, They would have crossed once more. 55. But with a crash like thunder Fell every loosened...highest turret-tops Was splashed the yellow foam. 56. And, like a horse unbroken When first he feels the rein, The furious river struggled hard, And... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew - 1843 - 604 páginas
...their feet TUi'y felt the timbers crack. But wlien they turned their faces, And on i in- farther shore Saw brave Horatius stand alone. '' They would have...And, like a dam, the mighty wreck Lay right athwart tho stream : And a long shout of triumph Rose from the walle of Rome, As to the highest turret-tops... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 206 páginas
...faces, And on the farther shore Saw brave Horatius stand alone, They would have crossed once more. 55. But with a crash like thunder Fell every loosened...right athwart the stream : And a long shout of triumph Hose from the walls of Rome, As to the highest turret-tops Was splashed the yellow foam. 56. And, like... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 108 páginas
...their feet They felt the timbers crack. But when they turned their faces, And on the farther shore Saw brave Horatius stand alone, They would have crossed...highest turret-tops Was splashed the yellow foam. And, like a horse unbroken When first he feels the rein, The furious river struggled hard, And tossed... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 páginas
...Horatius stand alone, They would have cross'd once more. But with a crash like thunder Fell every loosen'd beam, And, like a dam, the mighty wreck Lay right...the walls of Rome As to the highest turret-tops Was splash'd the yellow foam. And, like a horse unbroken When first he feels the rein, The furious river... | |
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