 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...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 comcth soon or late. And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds For the ashes of his fathers... | |
 | English literature - 1842 - 416 pages
...Sextus ; but the consul despairs of destroying the bridge before the enemy comes on. " 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 die better, Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers, And the temples... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English poetry - 1843 - 142 pages
...spate towards him and hissed; No child but screamed out curses, And shook its little fist. 26. But the Consul's brow was sad, And the Consul's speech...once may win the bridge, What hope to save the town?" 27. Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the gate: " To every man upon this earth Death cometh... | |
 | 1843 - 1266 pages
...woman But spat towards him and hissed; No child but screamed out curses, And shook its little fist. But the consul's brow was sad, And the consul's speech...Their van will be upon us Before the bridge goes down ; VOL. I. 20 And if they once may win the bridge, What hope to save the town?' Then out spake brave... | |
 | 1843 - 862 pages
...and javelin of Rome to the long lance and huge two-handed sword of the Black Prince. " 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 die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers, And the temples... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1843 - 438 pages
...spate towards him and hissed; No child but screamed out curses, And shook its little fist. 26. But the Consul's brow was sad, And the Consul's speech was low, And darkly looked hi at the wall, And darkly at the foe. "Their van will be upon us Before the bridge goes down; And... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pages
...and acquired the name of Subliciux from the wooden piles which supported it. After the achieveThen out spoke brave Horatius, The captain of the gate...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... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...But spate towards him and hiss'd ; Mo child but acream'd out curses, And shook its little 6st. But the consul's brow was sad, And the consul's speech was low, And darkly look'd he at the wall, And darkly at the foe. " Their van will be upon us Before the bridge goes down... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...But spate towards him and hiss'd ; No child but scream'd out curses, And shook its little fist. / But the consul's brow was sad, And the consul's speech was low, And darkly look'd he at the wall, And darkly at the foe. " Their van will be upon us Before the bridge goes down... | |
 | Scotland - 1847 - 806 pages
...than the blunt declaration by Horatius of his readiness to keep the bridge : — " Then out spoke bold Horatius, The captain of the gate : ' To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon órlate; And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers, And the... | |
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But the Consul's brow was sad, And the Consul's speech was low, And darkly looked he at the wall, And darkly at the foe: "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? 
