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" 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 627
1847
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Our Poetical Favorites, Second Series: A Selection from the Best ..., Volume 2

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...
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Familiar Quotations ...

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....
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The Works of Lord Macaulay: Speeches. Lays of ancient Rome. Miscellaneous poems

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...
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The Pacific Coast First [-fifth] Reader, Volume 5

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...
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The Franklin Sixth Reader and Speaker: Consisting of Extracts in Prose and ...

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...
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The graduated course of translation from English into French, ed. by C ...

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,...
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An educational selection of poetry: with notes, chiefly historical, compiled ...

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...
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The Home Book for Young Ladies

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...
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A New Library of Poetry and Song, Volume 2

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,...
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A New Library of Poetry and Song, Volume 2

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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