 | Penny readings - 1866 - 304 Seiten
...sepulchre there by the sea, In her tomb by the sounding sea. HORATICS KEEPS THE BRIDGE. LORD 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... | |
 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1866 - 738 Seiten
...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...ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his Gods, XXVIII. " And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest, And for the wife who nurses His baby at... | |
 | 1866 - 532 Seiten
...Macaulay had these lines in his mind, when, in perhaps his finest ballad, he wrote : — Then outspake brave Horatius, The captain of the gate : ' To every...ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his gods, And for the aged mother That dandled him to rest, And for the wife that nurses His baby at her breast,... | |
 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1866 - 506 Seiten
...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...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... | |
 | James Fleming - 1866 - 382 Seiten
...For, since Janiculum is lost, Nought else can save the town." ***** Then out spake brave Hpratius, The Captain of the Gate : " To every man upon this...For the ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his Sods ? ***** " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may ; In yon strait path a thousand... | |
 | Frank Moore - 1866 - 654 Seiten
...universal. Loyal men thought : " To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon 01 late ; And where can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the...ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his Gods ! " Indiana's Roll of Honor. INCIDENT OF CHICKAMAUGA. — On the first day of the engagement, Captain... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay - 1867 - 222 Seiten
...What hope to save the town ': n XXVII. Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the gate: j " To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or...ashes of his fathers And the temples of his Gods, XXVIII. " And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest, And for the wife who nurses His baby at... | |
 | Laura Valentine - 1867 - 630 Seiten
...Horatius, Th« captain of the gate, ' To every man upon this earth lii-iitl i cometh sunn or later. And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds For the ashes of his fathers And the temples or his Gods? " ' Hew down the bridge. Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may : I, with two more to help... | |
 | Frank Moore - 1867 - 620 Seiten
...more solemn funeral never took place in the old town. The sorrow was universal. Loyal men thought : " To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late ; And where can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers, And the temples of... | |
 | Walter Scott Dalgleish - 1868 - 202 Seiten
...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 you strait path a thousand May... | |
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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... 
