 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
 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1866 - 506 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... | |
 | 1866 - 408 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, WiU hold... | |
 | James Fleming - 1866 - 382 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 Sods ? ***** " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may ; In yon strait path a thousand... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1868 - 830 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 ? Lays of Ancient Rome, Horatius, xxvii. How well Horatius kept the bridge In the brave days of old.... | |
 | William Stewart Ross - 1869 - 452 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, And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest, And for the wife who nurses His baby at her breast."... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1869 - 596 pages
...every man upon this earth Death coineth 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,... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 396 pages
...may win the bridge, what hope to save the town ? " 2. And how can man die better than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his gods. ft. " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, with all the speed ye may ; I, with two more to help me, will... | |
 | Alfred Henderson - 1869 - 526 pages
...our altars and our hearths. " For God and our country." " How can man die better, Than facing fearful odds For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his gods ?" MACAULAY. Pro dignitate cuique tribuatur. Cic. — Let each man have according to his deserts. Pro... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1870 - 340 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 ? 2. "Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed you may ; I, with two more to help me, Will... | |
 | 1843 - 780 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;... | |
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