 | 1847 - 798 pages
...keep the bridge : — " Then ont spoke bold Horatins, The captain of the gate : ' To every man npon this earth Death cometh soon or late ; And how can man die better Than facing fearfnl odds, For the ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his gods?'" Not one other word shonld... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...speech was low, And darkly looked he at the -.vail, And darkly at the foe: " Their van will be upon us Before the bridge goes down ; And if they once may...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 - 1266 pages
...the wall, And darkly at the foe. ' Their van will be upon us Before the bridge goes down ; VOL. I. 20 And if they once may win the bridge, What hope to...captain of the gate; 'To every man upon this earth Drath cometh soon or late. And how can man die better Than facing tearful odds, For the ashes of his... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 438 pages
...speech was low, And darkly looked hi at the wall, And darkly at the foe. "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?" 27. Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the gate: " To every man upon this earth Death cometh... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 206 pages
...speech was low, And darkly looked he at the wall, And darkly at the foe. " 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 ? " H 27. Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the gate : " To every man upon this earth Death... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pages
...acquired the name of Subliciux from the wooden piles which supported it. After the achieveThen out spoke brave Horatius, The captain of the gate : " To every...this earth Death cometh soon or late. And how can men die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his Gods.... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pages
...speech was low, And darkly look'd he at the wall, And darkly at the foe. " 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 1" Then out spake brave Horatius, The captain of the gate : " To every man upon this earth Death cometh... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 pages
...speech was low, And darkly look'd he at the wall, And darkly at the foe. " 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 ?" " To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late. And how can man die better Than facing... | |
 | 1847 - 806 pages
...than the blunt declaration by Horatius of his readiness to keep the bridge : — " Then out spoke bold Horatius, The captain of the gate : ' To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon órlate; And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers, And the... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - 1851 - 1502 pages
...lambios, with an additional syllable. Then out' spake brave' Hora'tius, The Captain of the Gate : To ev'ry man upon this earth, , Death cometh soon or late !...fearful odds For the ash'es of his fa'thers, And the temple of his Gods'! — MACAULAT. IAMBIC TETRAMETER. Formula x aX4. § 683. In the following the law... | |
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But the consul's brow was sad And the consul's speech was low, And darkly looked he at the wall And darkly at the foe : " 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? 
