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
 | 1876 - 564 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 ? XXVIIL " And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest, And for the wife who nurses His baby... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1875 - 898 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.... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1875 - 754 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... | |
 | 1875 - 324 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? 11. "Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may ; I, with two more to help me, Will... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard, Homer Baxter Sprague - 1876 - 454 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... | |
 | Hugues Charles S. Cassal, Théodore Karcher - 1876 - 312 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,... | |
 | T W M - 1876 - 264 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... | |
 | 1899 - 666 pages
...repeat the lines of the Lay, Ada ? ADA. 1 think I can. 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... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 576 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,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 630 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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