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
 | Raymond Buckland - 2003 - 356 pages
...every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late, And how can man die better Than lacing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his gods? — Horatius, Lays of Ancient Rome Wtches are probably better equipped than most other people to deal... | |
 | Daurius Figueira - 2003 - 279 pages
...any country it is this country I have to die for—and how can man die better—'than facing fearful odds for the ashes of his fathers and the temples of his Gods?'" Capildeo has then no problem with affirming his nationality, his allegiance to Trinbago for him there... | |
 | Gerald Brosseau Gardner, Gerald B. Gardner - 2004 - 292 pages
...probably have been handed down to posterity as heroes; For how can man die better Than facing fearful odds For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his Gods? Thomas of Cantimpre, writing in the year 1258, admits that paganism was still existent in Germany in... | |
 | Ken Auletta - 2004 - 226 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. . . . Haul doum the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may; I, with two more to help me, Will... | |
 | Christopher John Murray - 2004 - 664 pages
...every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late. And how can men die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his gods. While his work extols Roman themes, it differs from other British poets enamored of Rome in that Macaulay... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay - 2005 - 553 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, xxvni. " And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest, And for the wife who nurses His baby at... | |
 | W. Eric Emerson - 2005 - 236 pages
...I owe much. For their smiles, laughter, affection, and love, I am eternally grateful. INTRODUCTION For the ashes of his fathers, And the Temples of his Gods. Inscription, Charleston Light Dragoons Monument Magnolia Cemetery is the most prominent Civil War burial... | |
 | Laurence Stallings - 2006 - 388 pages
...into reality always was more ter-rible. CHAPTER IX "And how can man die better, Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his gods." THE Plumes shared in one of the many Washington functions that Spring. Esme felt no desire to hear... | |
 | Robert W. Black - 2006 - 412 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" — Thomas Babington Macaulay, "Horatius at the Bridge" December 1944 found the Allied forces primarily... | |
 | Frederick Forsyth - 2006 - 360 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. "If I can die shahid — in the service of His jihad, of course," he replied. The dhow master considered... | |
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