 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
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English poetry - 1871 - 324 pages
...Captain of the gate : " To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late. 6 LAYS OF ANCIENT ROME. And how can man die better . Than facing fearful odds,...ashes of his fathers And the temples of his Gods, HORATIUS. XXVIII. " And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest, And for the wife who nurses... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1871 - 760 pages
...Before the bridge goes down ; And if they once may win the bridge, What hope to save the town ? " XXVII. Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the...: " To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon oi' late. And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers, And the... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...bridge goes down ; And if they once may win the bridge, What hope to save the town 1 " Then outspake r in shroud we wound him ; But he lay, like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak aroun aAnd how can man dio better Than facing fearful odds For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of... | |
 | Readers - 1872 - 514 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...Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, with all the speed ye may ; I, with two more to help me, will hold the foe in play. In yon straight path a thousand may... | |
 | Walter Scott Dalgleish - English language - 1872 - 274 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...Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may; I, with two more to help me, "Will hold the foe in play. In yon strait path a thousand May... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - Readers - 1872 - 438 pages
...foe. " Their van will be upon us Before the bridge goes down ; And if they once may win the bridge, Then out spake brave Horatius. The captain of the...ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his gods. " How down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may ; I, with two more to help me, Will hold... | |
 | Anna Randall Diehl - Elocution - 1872 - 460 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...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,... | |
 | School board readers - 1872 - 328 pages
...cometh soon or late. And how can man die better The Captain of the Gate : " To every man upon this earth Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his gods 1 " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may; I, with two more to help me, Will hold... | |
 | American poetry - 1872 - 900 pages
...brave Horatius, The captain of the gate : " To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late. 432 shun with more than zeal, And where the feebler faint can only feel — F lathers And the temples of his gods Î " And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest, And for... | |
 | George Walter Baynham - 1873 - 344 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...Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, with all the speed ye may; I — with two more to help me — will hold the foe in play. In yon straight path a thousand... | |
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