 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
 | William Morley Punshon - 1873 - 400 pages
...every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late. 78 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... | |
 | Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1873 - 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 ! " Haw down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may ; I, with two more to help me, Will... | |
 | William Bedell Stanford - 1873 - 122 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, XXVIII. " And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest, And for the wife who nurses His baby at... | |
 | George Walter Baynham - 1873 - 344 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... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1874 - 798 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 Route. Horatius, xxvii. How well Horatius kept the bridge In the brave days of old.... | |
 | John Daniel Morell - 1874 - 336 pages
...cometh soon or late : HOW HORATIUS KEPT THE BRIDGE. 139 And how can man die better than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers,' and the temples of his gods P " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, with all the speed ye may ; I — with two more to help me —... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - 1874 - 288 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 you may ; I, with two more to help me, Will... | |
 | Samuel Stillman Greene - 1874 - 336 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 ?" Truth crushed to earth shall rise again — The eternal years of God are hers ; But Error, wounded,... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1875 - 240 pages
...every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late. And how can man die better Thau 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, Aad for the wife who nurses His baby at her breast,... | |
 | John Chipman Hoadley - 1875 - 440 pages
...his grandsire had helped us to gain; and, indeed, — " How could man die better Than facing fearful odds For the ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his gods ? " Mr. Gansevoort went with the New York Seventh Regiment on their famous three-months' service, and... | |
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