 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
 | William Stewart Ross - 1869 - 452 pages
...beauty, pale and wan, Martyr of love to man, And, like a broken flower, gently decay. HEROIC ANIMATION. Then out spake brave Horatius, The captain of the gate : " To every man upon the earth Death cometh soon or late. And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes... | |
 | Laura Valentine - Amusements - 1869 - 216 pages
...PAPA. Can you repeat the lines of the Lay, Ada ? ADA. I think I can. " Then out spake brave Iloratius, The captain of the gate, ' To every man upon this earth Death comcth soon or late.-. And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds For the ashes of his fathers... | |
 | 1843 - 780 pages
...us Before the bridge goes down ; And if they once may win the bridge. What hope to save the town 1 ' Then out spake brave Horatius, The captain of the...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;... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Readers - 1870 - 340 pages
...The bridge must straight go down ; For, since Janic'ulum* is lost, Naught else can save the town." Then out spake brave Hora'tius, The Captain of the...ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his gods ? 2. "Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed you may ; I, with two more to help me, Will... | |
 | George Tooker Hoare - Heroes - 1870 - 304 pages
...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...every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late. Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may ; I, with two more to help me, Will hold... | |
 | Philip Lawrence - English language - 1870 - 422 pages
...bridge goes down ; And if they once may win the bridge, what hope to save the town?" Then out spoke brave Horatius, the captain of the gate: "To every man upon this earth death cometh, soon or late. Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, with all the speed ye may ; I, with two more to help me, will hold... | |
 | Oscar Tully Shuck - Celebrities - 1870 - 804 pages
...Roman was ever ready to sacrifice himself for his country, exclaiming: How can a man die better Than by facing fearful odds. For the ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his gods ? The resolution is couched in the language of eulogy, and so it should be. This is no time to stop... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Readers and speakers - 1871 - 346 pages
...The bridge must straight go down ; For, since Janic'ulum * is lost, Naught else can save the town." Then out spake brave Hora'tius, The Captain of the...ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his gods ? 2. " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, <X ir \^ <" _\ With all the speed you may ; -.vvs I, with two... | |
 | Lewis Baxter Monroe - American literature - 1871 - 342 pages
...since Janic'ulum is lost, Naught else can save the town." Then out spake brave Hora'tius, The Captaiu of the Gate : " To every man upon this earth Death...ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his gods? 11. " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed you may ; I, with two more to help me, Will... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1871 - 664 pages
...Before the bridge goes down ; And if they once may win the bridge, What hope to save the town ? " XXVIt. Then out spake brave Horatius, The captain of the...better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his f.uhers And the temples of his Gods, XXVIIt. "And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest, And... | |
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