 | John Celivergos Zachos - 1873 - 348 pages
...home ; And he spake to the noble river That rolls by the towers of Rome : " 0 ! Tiber ! father Tiber ! To whom the Romans pray, A Roman's life, a Roman's...speaking sheathed The good sword by his side, And, with hig harness on his back, Plunged headlong in the tide. No sound of joy or sorrowWas heard from either... | |
 | Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1873 - 408 pages
...the last timber had fallen, when, weighed down with armour as he was, he "plunged headlong in th« tide." No sound of joy or sorrow Was heard from either...surprise, With parted lips and straining eyes, Stood gazing where he sank : And when beneath the surges They saw his crest appear, All Rome sent forth a... | |
 | Henry Major - 1873 - 168 pages
...And he spake to the noble river 1'hat rolls by the towers of Rome : — " 0 Tiber ! Father Tiber ! To whom the Romans pray, A Roman's life, a Roman's arms, Take thou in charge this day." Horatius Codes, with two other Bomaus, kept a whole army from Borne, by deJending the entrance of a... | |
 | Lewis Baxter Monroe - Readers - 1873 - 324 pages
...sheathed The good sword by his side, And, with his harness on his back, Plunged headlong in the tide. XII. No sound of joy or sorrow Was heard from either bank ; But friends and foes, in dumb surprise,With parted lips and straining eyes, Stood gazing where he sank ; And when above the surges... | |
 | Philip George and son, ltd - 1874 - 296 pages
...home ; And he spake to the noble river That rolls by the towers of Rome. " 0 Tiber I Father Tiber ! To whom the Romans pray, A Roman's life, a Roman's...surprise, With parted lips and straining eyes, Stood gazing where he sank ; And when above the surges They saw his crest appear, All Rome sent forth a rapturous... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Readers - 1899 - 120 pages
...The white porch of his home ; And he spake to the noble river That rolls by the towers of Rome. LIX. A Roman's life, a Roman's arms, Take thou in charge this day ! " 580 So he spake, and speaking sheathed The good sword by his side, And with his harness on his... | |
 | 1883 - 228 pages
...crashing bars, Of iron and of oak. » XXXIIL No sound of joy or sorrow Was heard around the place, But friends and foes in dumb surprise, With parted lips and straining eyes, Stood gazing in his face. XXIV. Forth with a shout sprang Sanders To raise him up again, But Silver lifted... | |
 | Susan Cahill - Literary Criticism - 1996 - 448 pages
...twilight, then the Angel of the Last Judgment. We crossed Ponte Sant'Angelo. Oh Tiber, father Tiber, to whom the Romans pray, a Roman's life, a Roman's arms, take thou in charge this day. Though it was hardly 9 o'clock, not a carriage, scarcely a living being, as we drove slowly up Via... | |
 | Connie Robertson - Reference - 1998 - 686 pages
...'Forward!' And those before cried 'Back!' 6843 Lays of Ancient Rome 'Horatius' Oh, Tiber! father Tiber ant! And many a word, at random spoken, 6844 Lays of Ancient Rome 'Horatiiis' And even the ranks of Tuscany Could scarce forbear to cheer.... | |
 | Connie Robertson - Humor - 1998 - 404 pages
...'Forward!' And those before cried 'Back!' 2685 Lays of Ancient Rome 'Horatius' Oh, Tiber! father Tiber To whom the Romans pray, A Roman's life. a Roman's arms, Take thou in charge this day! MACAULAY Dame Rose 1889-1958 2686 It was a book to kill time for those who like it better dead. 2687... | |
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Tiber! father Tiber! To whom the Romans pray, A Roman's life, a Roman's arms, Take thou in charge this day ! ' So he spake, and speaking sheathed The good sword by his side, And with his harness on his back Plunged headlong in the tide. 
