 | T W M - 1876 - 264 pages
...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 Alone stood brave Horatius, But constant still in mind ; Thrice thirty thousand foes before, And the... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1877 - 630 pages
...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...burst the curb, and bounded, Rejoicing to be free ; And whirling down, in tierce career, Battlement and plank and pier, Rushed headlong to the sea. Alone... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1877 - 290 pages
...dam the mighty wreck Lay right athwart the stream : And a long shout of trinmph Hose from the walls of Rome, As to the highest turret-tops Was splashed...burst the curb, and bounded, Rejoicing to be free ; And whirling down in fierce career Battlement and plank and pier, Rushed headlong to the sea. Alone... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1877 - 104 pages
...mighty wreck Lay right athwart the stream ; And a long shout of triumph Rose from the walls of Koine, As to the highest turret-tops Was splashed the yellow...burst the curb, and bounded, Rejoicing to be free, And whirling down, in fierce career, Battlement, and plank, and pier, Rushed headlong to the sea. Alone... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - English poetry - 1877 - 286 pages
...dam the mighty wreck Lay right athwart the stream : And a long shout of triumph Hose from the walls of Rome, As to the highest turret-tops Was splashed...tossed his tawny mane, And burst the curb, and bounded, B^joicing to be free ; And whirling down in fierce career Battlement and plank and pier, Rushed headlong... | |
 | English poetry - 1877 - 360 pages
...stream : And a long shout of trinmph Rose from the walls of Rome, As ta the highest turret-tops Wus splashed the yellow foam. And like a horse unbroken...burst the curb, and bounded, Rejoicing to be free ; And- whirling down in fierce career Battlement and plank and pier, Alone stood brave Horatins, But... | |
 | John Cunningham Geikie - 1877 - 424 pages
...mighty wreck Lay right athwart the stream: And a long shout of trinmph Rose from the walls of Bome, As to the highest turret-tops . Was splashed the yellow...rein, The furious river struggled hard, And tossed its tawny mane, And burst the curb, and bounded, Rejoicing to be free, And whirling down, in fierce... | |
 | Alfred Macleod - 1877 - 238 pages
...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. Alone stood brave Horatius — but constant still in mind — Thrice thirty thousand foes before, and... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - 1878 - 882 pages
...mighty wreck Lay right athwart the stream ; And a long shout of triumph Rose from the walls of Rome, Ae to the highest turret-tops Was splashed the yellow...burst the curb, and bounded, Rejoicing to be free ; And whirling down, in fierce career, Rattlemcnt, anil plank, and pier, Rushed headlong to the sen.... | |
 | London readers - 1878 - 344 pages
...And a long shout of triumph Rose from the walls of Rome, As to the highest turret-tops Was splash'd the yellow foam. And, like a horse unbroken When first...feels the rein, The furious river struggled hard, And toss'd his tawny main ; And burst the curb, and bounded, Rejoicing to be free ; And, whirling down,... | |
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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. 
