 | Frank Honywell Fenno - Elocution - 1878 - 422 pages
...dam, the mighty wreck Lay ri^ht 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... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English poetry - 1878 - 240 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. LVI. And like a horse unbroken When first he feels the rein, The furious river struggled hard, And... | |
 | George Lansing Raymond - Elocution - 1879 - 350 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 battlement, and plank, and pier, whirled headlong to the sea. Alone stood brave Horatius, but constant... | |
 | George Lansing Raymond - Elocution - 1879 - 358 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 battlement, and plank, and pier, whirled headlong to the sea. Alone stood brave Horatius, but constant... | |
 | David Charles Bell - Elocution - 1879 - 556 pages
...mighty wreck lay right athwart the stream : and a long shout of triumph rose from the walls of Eome, 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.... | |
 | Evan Daniel - 1879 - 260 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,... | |
 | Laura Valentine - 1880 - 634 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 fierce career Battlement, and plank, and pier, Rushed headlong to the sea. Alone... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1880 - 1124 pages
...dam, the mighty wreck Lay right athwart the stream ; And a long shout of triumph Kose from the walls a moment it must be St. ; And whirling down, in fierce career, Battlement and plank and pier, Rushed headlong to the sea. Alone... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1880 - 452 pages
...triumph Rose from the walls of Eome, As to the highest turret-tops Was splashed the yellow foam. LVI. And, like a horse unbroken When first he feels the...burst the curb and bounded, Rejoicing to be free, And whirling down, in fierce career, Battlement, and plank, and pier, Hushed headlong to the sea. LVII.... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Criminal law - 1880 - 684 pages
...triumph Rose from the walls of Rome, , As to the highest turret-tops "Was splashed the yellow foam. LVI. And, like a horse unbroken When first he feels the...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. L-VII.... | |
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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. 
