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... land Scotch , during the fourteenth , fifteenth , and sixteenth centuries . But it reached its full perfection in ancient Greece ; for there can be no doubt that the great Homeric poems are generically ballads , though widely indeed ...
... land Scotch , during the fourteenth , fifteenth , and sixteenth centuries . But it reached its full perfection in ancient Greece ; for there can be no doubt that the great Homeric poems are generically ballads , though widely indeed ...
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... lands were allotted could proceed only from a plebeian ; and the allusion to the fraudulent sale of spoils marks the date of the poem , and shows that the poet shared in the general discontent with which the proceedings of Camillus ...
... lands were allotted could proceed only from a plebeian ; and the allusion to the fraudulent sale of spoils marks the date of the poem , and shows that the poet shared in the general discontent with which the proceedings of Camillus ...
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... , The wisest of the land , Who alway by Lars Porsena Both morn and evening stand : Evening and morn the Thirty Have turned the verses o'er , Traced from the right on linen white By mighty seers 32 LAYS OF ANCIENT ROME .
... , The wisest of the land , Who alway by Lars Porsena Both morn and evening stand : Evening and morn the Thirty Have turned the verses o'er , Traced from the right on linen white By mighty seers 32 LAYS OF ANCIENT ROME .
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... great array Forth went the dauntless Three . For Romans in Rome's quarrel Spared neither land nor gold , Nor son nor wife , nor limb nor life , In the brave days of old . 32 . Then none was for a party ; Then HORATIUS . 39.
... great array Forth went the dauntless Three . For Romans in Rome's quarrel Spared neither land nor gold , Nor son nor wife , nor limb nor life , In the brave days of old . 32 . Then none was for a party ; Then HORATIUS . 39.
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... lands were fairly portioned ; Then spoils were fairly sold : The Romans were like brothers In the brave days of old . 33 . Now Roman is to Roman More hateful than a foe , And the Tribunes beard the high , And the Fathers grind the low ...
... lands were fairly portioned ; Then spoils were fairly sold : The Romans were like brothers In the brave days of old . 33 . Now Roman is to Roman More hateful than a foe , And the Tribunes beard the high , And the Fathers grind the low ...
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Æbutius Alba Longa ancient Appius Claudius Appius Claudius Crassus Aulus ballad-poetry ballads battle beneath Bentley's assertion Black Auster blood brave days bridge broadsword Caius chronicle Claudian Clusium Consul Cossus Dionysius Ennius Fabian house Fabius false Sextus Fathers fierce fight foes Forum fought Gabii gown Greece Greek hand hath head Herminius Herodotus Horatius horse horsemen Hurrah Ides of Quintilis king Knights Lake Regillus Lars Porsena Lartius Latian name Latin Licinius lictors Livy loud loves Lucius Lucius Sextius Mamilius Manius Curius Dentatus minstrels Nævius never numbers o'er Patricians pilum Plebeian poem poet poetry Pontiff Porcian height Posthumius Prince proud Punic purple Quintilis Roman Rome Rome's Romulus round Second Punic War shield shout slain smile smote songs spake spears stood story strange sword Tarentines Tarentum Tarquin thee thou thrice Tiber Titus to-day Tribunes triumph Tuscan Tusculum Twin Brethren unto Valerius verses Vesta's Volscian καὶ
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Page 47 - 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.
Page 48 - Alone stood brave Horatius, But constant still in mind ; Thrice thirty thousand foes before, And the broad flood behind. " Down with him ! " cried false Sextus, With a smile on his pale face. "Now yield thee," cried Lars Porsena,
Page 40 - Then none was for a party ; Then all were for the state ; Then the great man helped the poor, And the poor man loved the great ; Then lands were fairly portioned ; Then spoils were fairly sold : The Romans were like brothers In the brave days of old.
Page 44 - Then, whirling up his broadsword With both hands to the height, He rushed against Horatius, And smote with all his might. With shield and blade Horatius Right deftly turned the blow: The blow, though turned, came yet too nigh; It missed his helm, but gashed his thigh : The Tuscans raised a joyful cry To see the red blood flow.
Page 38 - To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late; And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his Gods...
Page 47 - 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.
Page 50 - And now he feels the bottom ; Now on dry earth he stands; Now round him throng the Fathers To press his gory hands; And now with shouts and clapping, And noise of weeping loud, He enters through the River-Gate, Borne by the joyous crowd.
Page 48 - Tiber! father Tiber! To whom the Romans pray, A Roman's life, a Roman's arms, Take thou in charge this day ! ' So he spake, and speaking sheathed The good sword by his side, And with his harness on his back Plunged headlong in the tide.
Page 30 - East and west and south and north The messengers ride fast, And tower and town and cottage Have heard the trumpet's blast. Shame on the false Etruscan Who lingers in his home, When Porsena of Clusium Is on the march for Rome.
Page 50 - Curse on him!" quoth false Sextus — " Will not the villain drown ? But for this stay, ere close of day We should have sacked the town ! " "Heaven help him!" quoth Lars Porsena, " And bring him safe to shore; For such a gallant feat of arms Was never seen before.