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
 | M. Josephine Warren - 1879 - 400 pages
...once may win the bridge, what hope to save the town ? " 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... | |
 | 1911 - 758 pages
...Rome one such other sight, and send me there to see" " And hoiu can man die better than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers and the temples of his gods?" " Hail I foster child of the wondrous nurse I Hail I son of the -wondrous sire I" 23. Describe the... | |
 | 1880 - 280 pages
...country with the pen or the sword, as need may be. And — " How can a man die better than facing fearful odds For the ashes of his fathers and the temples of his gods? " But notwithstanding this warlike preamble, I too am a peace man, and I candidly confess that I do... | |
 | Laura Valentine - 1880 - 634 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... | |
 | Norman Davies - 1996 - 1428 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: AUC ROMAN chronology was based on the conventional... | |
 | Ottilie M. Leland, Minnie Dubbs Millbrook - 1966 - 324 pages
...would enter the farmhouse declaiming from "Horatius," And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his gods.10 But the happy period ended soon. It became evident that the large farm was a greater burden... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1997 - 666 pages
...years of low wages and unemployment that followed. 21 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, (1800-1859) British historian, Whig politician. "Horatius," st. 27, Lays... | |
 | Michael F. Flynn, Michael Flynn - 1997 - 910 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.' " He turned and gave a fierce look at the others in the playground. Azim traded a glance with Jo-jo.... | |
 | Robin Fox - 1997 - 236 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,... | |
 | Brian Holden Reid - 1997 - 284 pages
...Horatius at the Bridge, to make the supreme sacrifice ('And how can man do better than facing fearful odds/ For the ashes of his fathers and the temples of his gods'):" Charles Gordon at Khartoum, the Last Stand of the 24th Foot at 1sandhlwana, the Last Stand of the 44th... | |
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