 | Rossiter Johnson - 1875 - 240 pages
...us Before the bridge goes down ; And if they once may win the bridge What hope to save the town P " Then, out spake brave Horatius, The captain of the...Death cometh soon or late. And how can man die better Thau facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his gods, " And for the... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1875 - 660 pages
...Then out spake brave Horntius, The captain of the gate: " To every man upon this earth Death comcth soon or late. And how can man die better Than facing...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 nurse* His baby at... | |
 | John Chipman Hoadley - 1875 - 440 pages
...the first to guard the liberties his grandsire had helped us to gain; and, indeed, — " How could man die better Than facing fearful odds For the ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his gods ? " Mr. Gansevoort went with the New York Seventh Regiment on their famous three-months' service, and... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1875 - 246 pages
...the foe. " Their van will be upon us Before the bridge goes down; Aud if they once may win the bridge Then out spake brave Horatius, The captain of the gate : " To every man upon this earth Death conieth soon or late. And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers,... | |
 | T. W. M. - 1876 - 264 pages
...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 ? " Then out spake brave...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... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard, Homer Baxter Sprague - 1876 - 454 pages
...high pitch, large volume, moderately pure quality, moderate falling slides, initial stress. Thus : — Then out spake brave Horatius, The captain of the...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... | |
 | Ottilie M. Leland, Minnie Dubbs Millbrook - 1966 - 324 pages
...life. At the end of a hard week at the plant he would enter the farmhouse declaiming from "Horatius," And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds...For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his gods.10 But the happy period ended soon. It became evident that the large farm was a greater burden... | |
 | Michael F. Flynn, Michael Flynn - 1997 - 910 pages
...dropped from the fence and in two swift steps he was standing in the half-open gate. ' 'Then out spoke brave Horatius, the Captain of the Gate, 'To every...ashes of his fathers and the temples of his gods.' " He turned and gave a fierce look at the others in the playground. Azim traded a glance with Jo-jo.... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1997 - 666 pages
...England. The words were frequently recalled in the years of low wages and unemployment that followed. 21 And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds,...ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his Gods? THOMAS BABINGTON MAcAuLAY, (1800-1859) British historian, Whig politician. "Horatius," st. 27, Lays... | |
 | Noel Annan - 1997 - 300 pages
...defied the Nazis in 1940 when they threatened to cross the bridge and who echoed Horatius in thinking: And how can man die better, Than facing fearful odds,...ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his Gods? Nor is it wrong to see Roosevelt, the American Scipio, as the man who gave hope to his countrymen during... | |
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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. 
