 Their van will be upon 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 gate : 'To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late; And how can man...  Blackwood's Magazine - Seite 6271847Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1876 - 564 Seiten
...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 ? XXVIIL " And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest, And for the wife who nurses His baby... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1875 - 890 Seiten
...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 ? Lays of Ancient Rome. Horatius, xxvii. How well Horatius kept the bridge In the brave days of old.... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1875 - 752 Seiten
...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, XXVIII. " And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest, And for the wife who nurses His baby at... | |
 | 1875 - 324 Seiten
...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? 11. "Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may ; I, with two more to help me, Will... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard, Homer Baxter Sprague - 1876 - 454 Seiten
...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 ? " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may ; I, with two more to help me, Will... | |
 | Hugues Charles S. Cassal, Théodore Karcher - 1876 - 312 Seiten
...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, ' And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest, And for the wife who nurses His baby at her breast,... | |
 | T W M - 1876 - 264 Seiten
...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. " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may ; I, with two more to help me, Will hold... | |
 | 1899 - 666 Seiten
...repeat the lines of the Lay, Ada ? ADA. 1 think I can. And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his Gods? * ' Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may: I, with two more to help me, Will hold... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 576 Seiten
...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, " And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest, And for the wife who nurses His baby at her breast,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 630 Seiten
...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, "And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest, And for the wife who nurses His baby at her breast,... | |
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