 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 - Page 6271847Full view - About this book
 | Norman Chevers - 1852 - 396 pages
...moment in the days of Horatius and Curtius — yet, — " how can man die better, Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his gods ?" Now, human lives are wasted more basely than were even the lives of the retiarii and the myrmillones... | |
 | 1853 - 848 pages
...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, 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... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1857 - 320 pages
...every man upon the 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 ? 2. " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, with all the speed ye may ; I, with two more to help me, will... | |
 | Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 pages
...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... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1857 - 164 pages
...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, Willhold... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1857 - 428 pages
...man upon the 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... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1857 - 350 pages
...every man upon the 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? 2. " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, with all the speed ye may ; I, with two more to help me, will... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1860 - 450 pages
...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... | |
 | Henry George John Clements - 1860 - 176 pages
...every man upon this earth Death coiucth 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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