 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
 | Henrietta Keddie - 1861 - 460 pages
...eagerness. The lines were not written— the heroic lines — ' Can a man die better Than facing fearful odds For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his gods ?' but they may have been felt even by a Highland laird, battered and bruised spiritually in his day,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1861 - 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 Connery - 1861 - 416 pages
...every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late. And how can man die better 136 THE NEW SPEAKER. 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... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1862 - 558 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 ? 3. " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may ; I, with two more to help me, Will... | |
 | English poets - 1862 - 626 pages
...soon or late. 498 GLEANINGS FIVOM THE ENGLISH POETS. 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... | |
 | Chambers's journal - 1862 - 432 pages
...drilled to act like soldiers too, if need should be. And if man could e'er Die better Than facing fearful odds For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his gods, 'Twould surely be in keeping Our money safe and sound In notes, and gold, and surer Upon Tom Tiddler's... | |
 | James Fleming - 1863 - 404 pages
...every man upon this earth Death coraeth 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... | |
 | John Charles Curtis - 1863 - 182 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, And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest, And for the wife who nurses His baby at her breast,... | |
 | John Mahelon Berry Sill - 1863 - 240 pages
...adnominal infinitive limiting hope. (See 391, 71.) And how can 37 man die M better Than facing 39 fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his gods, 28. " And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest, And for the wife who nurses His baby at her... | |
 | 1863 - 910 pages
...the attempt. For as once spoke bravo Horatius, — " ' And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his gods ? "' But have you forgotten these words, " What shall it profit a man if he should gain the whole world,... | |
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