 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 pages
...storm of dust Rise fast along the sky. But the consul's brow was sad, And the consul's speech was lowr ut little he '11 reck, if they let him sleep on, In the grave 1 " Then outspake brave Horatius, The captain of the gate : " To every man upon this earth Death cometh... | |
 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1871 - 524 pages
...Consul fixed his eye, And saw the swarthy storm of dust Rise fast along the sky. » « « » * " But the Consul's brow was sad, And the Consul's speech...darkly looked he at the wall, And darkly at the foe. 1 Their van will be upon us Before the bridge goes down ; And if they once may win the bridge, What... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1871 - 346 pages
...Consul roundly : " The bridge must straight go down ; For, since Janic'ulum * is lost, Naught else can save the town." Then out spake brave Hora'tius, 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... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1871 - 664 pages
...woman But spat towards him and hissed ; No child but screamed out curses, And shook its lutlc fist. But the Consul's brow was sad, And the Consul's speech was low, And dark y looked he at the wall, v And darkly at the foe. "Their van will be upon us Before the bridge... | |
 | Anna Randall Diehl - 1872 - 460 pages
...On the house-tops was no woman But spat toward him and hissed; No child but screamed out curses, But the Consul's brow was sad, And the Consul's speech...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... | |
 | Walter Scott Dalgleish - 1872 - 274 pages
...according to his supply at home, depriving himself of his own support."—Livy, II. 10. In verse. " But the Consul's brow was sad, And the Consul's speech...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... | |
 | School board readers - 1872 - 328 pages
...wild unbounded sea! LOED MACAULAY: 1800—1859. The Defence of the Bridge against the Tuscan Army. Bur the Consul's brow was sad, And the Consul's speech...to save the town ? " Then out spake brave Horatius, Death cometh soon or late. And how can man die better The Captain of the Gate : " To every man upon... | |
 | Thomas Morrison (LL.D.) - 1872 - 168 pages
...imagine any work more useless: with all their movements there is not the least result." LESSON XLIV. Now the Consul's brow was sad, And the Consul's speech...once may win the bridge, What hope to save the town ? LESSON XLV. Harold was crowned King of England on the very day of the Confessor's funeral. He had... | |
 | 1872 - 900 pages
...storm of dust Rise fast along the sky. But the consul's brow was sad, And the consul's speech was Iow5 And darkly looked he at the wall, And darkly at the...win the bridge, What hope to save the town ? " Then outspake brave Horatius, The captain of the gate : " To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon... | |
 | 1872 - 514 pages
...here." On the low hills to westward the Consul fixed his eye, And saw the swarthy storm of dust rise fast along the sky. The Consul's brow was sad, and...darkly looked he at the wall, and darkly at the foe. 464 HORATIUS. " Their van will be upon us before the bridge goes down ; And if they once may win the... | |
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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? 
