 Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the gate : '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...  Readings in science and literature - Page 356by Daniel Scrymgeour - 1851Full view - About this book
 | Henry George John Clements - 1860 - 176 pages
...break the bridge; Yet something must be done, or Rome is lost ! The moment is one of terrible suspense. Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the Gate: "To every man upon this earth Death coiucth soon or late. And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers,... | |
 | Marcius Willson - Bible stories - 1861 - 550 pages
...bridge goes down ; And if they once may win the bridge, What hope to save the town ?" 2. Then out spoke brave Horatius, The captain of the gate : "To every...better Than facing fearful odds For the ashes of his /athers , And the temples of his gods ? 3. " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Readers - 1861 - 352 pages
...DEFEND THE BRIDGE. 1. THEN outspake brave Horatius,11 the captain of the gate : " To every man upon the earth death cometh, soon or late ; And how can man...ashes of his fathers and the temples of his gods? 2. " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, with all the speed ye may ; I, with two more to help me, will... | |
 | John Connery - Elocution - 1861 - 416 pages
...us Before the bridge goes down ; And if they once may win the bridge, What hope to save the town ?" Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the...Death cometh soon or late. And how can man die better 136 THE NEW SPEAKER. For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his Gods ? " And for the tender... | |
 | Henrietta Keddie - 1861 - 460 pages
...and with the old frankness and eagerness. The lines were not written— the heroic lines — ' Can a man die better Than facing fearful odds For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his gods ?' but they may have been felt even by a Highland laird, battered and bruised spiritually in his day,... | |
 | Marcius Willson - Bible stories - 1862 - 558 pages
...bridge goes down ; And if they once may win the bridge, What hope to save the town ?" 2. Then ont spoke brave Horatius, The captain of the gate : "To every...the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his gods ? 3. " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may ; I, with two more to help me, Will... | |
 | English poets - 1862 - 626 pages
...attending his literary labours, and he died on 20th December 1859. FROM » THE LAYS OF ANCIENT ROME.'* THEN out spake brave Horatius, The captain of the...every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late. 498 GLEANINGS FIVOM THE ENGLISH POETS. And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the... | |
 | Chambers's journal - 1862 - 432 pages
...Ixxly-guard of porters, who are drilled to act like soldiers too, if need should be. And if man could e'er Die better Than facing fearful odds For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his gods, 'Twould surely be in keeping Our money safe and sound In notes, and gold, and surer Upon Tom Tiddler's... | |
 | John Charles Curtis - 1863 - 178 pages
...carry forests on my back, Neither can you crack a nut." FROM " LAYS OF ANCIENT ROME."— Macaulay. THEN out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the...ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his gods, And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest, And for the wife who nurses His baby at her breast,... | |
 | 1863 - 910 pages
...success, I will commence a great work if I die in the attempt. For as once spoke bravo Horatius, — " ' And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds,...the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his gods ? "' But have you forgotten these words, " What shall it profit a man if he should gain the whole world,... | |
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