 Back darted Spurius Lartius; Herminius darted back: And, as they passed, beneath 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 once more.  Lays of Ancient Rome: With Ivry, and the Armada - Page 60by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1856 - 181 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1843 - 626 pages
...Horatius ! " Loud cried the Fathers all. " Back, Lartius ! back, Herminiue! Back, ere the ruin fall!" Back darted Spurius Lartius; Herminius darted back...Horatius stand alone, They would have crossed once more. But with a crash like thunder Fell every loosened beam, And, like a dam, the mighty wreck Lay right... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...Horatius!" Loud cried the Fathers all — "Back, Lartius! back, Herminius! Back, ere the ruin fall! " Back darted Spurius Lartius — Herminius darted back;...Horatius stand alone, They would have crossed once more; But with a crash like thunder Fell every loosened beam, And, like a dam, the mighty wreck Lay right... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1843 - 438 pages
...Horatius!" Loud cried the Fathers all. " Back, Lartius? back, Herminius! Back, ere the ruin fall!" 54. Back darted Spurius Lartius; Herminius darted back:...Horatius stand alone, They would have crossed once more. 55. But with a crash like thunder Fell every loosened beam, And, like a dam, the mighty wreck Lay right... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Eliakim Littell - 1843 - 606 pages
...back to the side of Rome and of safety, we again take up the ballad. Back darted Spurius Lnrtius ; Herminius darted back : And, as they passed, beneath...Horatius stand alone. They would have crossed once more. But with a crash like thunder Fell every loosened beam, And, like a dam, the mighty wreck Lay right... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew - American periodicals - 1843 - 604 pages
...passed, beneath 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 crossed once more. But with a crash like thunder Fell every loosened beam, And, like a dam, the mighty wreck Lay right... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 108 pages
...Horatius ! " Loud cried the Fathers all. " Back, Lartius ! back, Herminius ! Back, ere the ruin fall ! " Back darted Spurius Lartius ; Herminius darted back...Horatius stand alone, They would have crossed once more. But with a crash like thunder Fell every loosened beam, And, like a dam, the mighty wreck Lay right... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...darted back : And, as they pass'd, beneath their feet They felt the timbers crack. But when they tum'd their faces, And on the farther shore Saw brave 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... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pages
...darted back : And, as they pass'd, beneath their feet They felt the timbers crack, But when they turn'd their faces, And on the farther shore Saw brave 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... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...darted back : And, as they pass'd, beneath their feet They felt the timbers crack. But when they turn'd their faces, And on the farther shore Saw brave 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... | |
 | Walter McLeod - 1850 - 170 pages
...darted back: And, as they pass'd, beneath their feet They felt the timbers crack. But when they turn'd their faces, And on the farther shore Saw brave 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... | |
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