| Walter McLeod - 1850 - 170 pages
...noblest Felt their hearts sink to see On the earth the bloody corpses, In the path the dauntless Three: And, from the ghastly entrance Where those bold Romans stood, All shrank, like boys who unaware, Banging the woods to start a hare, Come to the mouth of the dark lair Where, growling low, a fierce... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1854 - 240 pages
...corpses, In the path the dauntless Three : And, from the ghastly entrance Where these bold Romans stood, j All shrank, like boys who unaware, Ranging the woods...low, a fierce old bear Lies amidst bones and blood. L. Was none who would be foremost To lead such dire attack ; But those behind cried " Forward !" And... | |
| 1855 - 442 pages
...by the coat, and missed the individual. We had been deceived by a name, and had missed the reality. All shrank like boys, who unaware, Ranging the woods to start a hare, Come to the month of a dark lair, Where growling low a fierce old bear Lies amid bones and blood. The lesson we... | |
| English poetry - 1857 - 334 pages
...noblest Felt their hearts sink to see On the earth the bloody corpses, In the path the dauntless Three : And, from the ghastly entrance Where those bold Romans stood, All shrank, like boys who unaware, Hanging the woods to start a hare, Come to the mouth of the dark lair Where, growling low, a fierce... | |
| James Alexander McMullen - 1860 - 170 pages
...boldest Felt their hearts sink, to see On the earth the bloody corpses, In the path the dauntless Three ; And from the ghastly entrance, Where those bold Romans...low, a fierce old bear Lies amidst bones and blood. 4. Was none who would be foremost To lead such dire attack, But those behind cried " Forward !" And... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1861 - 362 pages
...the mouth of the dark lair Where, growling low, a fierce old bear Lies amidst bones and blood. 50. Was none who would be foremost To lead such dire attack ; But those behind cried " Forward I" And those before cried " Back !" And backward now and forward Wavers the deep array; And on the... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1862 - 208 pages
...to the mouth of the dark lair Where, growling low, a fierce old bear Lies amidst bones and blood. L. Was none who would be foremost To lead such dire attack:...before cried " Back ! " And backward now and forward And on the tossing sea of steel, To and fro the standards reel ; And the victorious trumpet-peal Dies... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 390 pages
...noblest felt their hearts sink to see On the earth the bloody corses, in the path the dauntless Three : And, from the ghastly entrance where those bold Romans...low, a fierce old bear Lies amidst bones and blood. 21. But meanwhile axe and lever have manfully been plied, And now the bridge hangs tottering above... | |
| Peter Seibert Davis - 1868 - 398 pages
...ret for a long time the young people studiously avoided him, and if they came upon him unexpectedly, "All shrank, like boys who unaware Ranging the woods...low, a fierce old bear Lies amidst bones and blood ! " Some very queer things occurred in these first visits ; things of such a nature that they cannot... | |
| John Mahelon Berry Sill - 1863 - 240 pages
...from the ghastly entrance Where m those bold Romans stood, All shrank, like boys who unaware m Banging the woods to start a hare, Come to the mouth of the dark lair Where, growling w low, a fierce old bear Lies amid bones and blood. 50. Was none 108 who would be lc9 foremost To lead... | |
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