 Tiber! father Tiber! To whom the Romans pray, A Roman's life, a Roman's arms, Take thou in charge this day ! ' So he spake, and speaking sheathed The good sword by his side, And with his harness on his back Plunged headlong in the tide.  Lays of Ancient Rome - Page 71de Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 191 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
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...Palatinus The white porch of his home ; And he spake to the noble river That rolls by the towers of Rome. " Oh, Tiber ! father Tiber ! To whom the Romans pray,...harness on his back, Plunged headlong in the tide. No sound of joy or sorrow Was heard from either bank; But friends and foes in dumb surprise, With parted... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...The white porch of his home; And he spake to the noble river That rolls by the towers of Koine: "O Tiber! Father Tiber! To whom the Romans pray, A Roman's life, a Roman's arms. Take tliou in charge this day!" So he spake, and, speaking, sheathed The good sword by his side, And. with... | |
 | 1842 - 416 pages
...round, sees the white porch of his home on Mount Palatine, and thus supplicates the Roman river — " ' Oh, Tiber ! father Tiber ! To whom the Romans pray,...harness on his back, Plunged headlong in the tide. No sound of joy or sorrow Was heard from either bank ; But friends and foes in dumb surprise, With... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 438 pages
...false Sextus, With a smile on his pale face. "Now yield thee," cried Lars Porsena, " Now yield thee to our grace." 58. Round turned he, as not deigning...And, with his harness on his back, Plunged headlong iu the tide. 60. No sound of joy or sorrow Was heard from either bank; But friends and foes in dumb... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew - 1843 - 604 pages
...The white porch of his home ; And he spake to the noble river That roll a by the towers of Rome. " Oh, Tiber ! father Tiber ! To whom the Romans pray,...harness on his back, Plunged headlong in the tide. No sound of joy or sorrow Was heard from either bunk ; But friends and foes, in dumb surprise, With... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1843 - 624 pages
...home ; And he spake to the nohle river That rolls by the towers of Rome. " Oh, Tiber! father Tiber I To whom the Romans pray, A Roman's life, a Roman's...harness on his back, Plunged headlong in the tide. No sound of joy or sorrow Was heard from either bank; But friends and foes in dumb surprise, With parted... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Eliakim Littell - 1843 - 606 pages
...Palatinus The white porch of his home ; And he spake to the noble river That rolls by the towers of Rome. " Oh, Tiber ! father Tiber ! To whom the Romans pray, ' A Roman's life, a Roman's arrns,^ Take thou in charge this day !" So he spake, and speaking sheathed The good sword by his side,... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 108 pages
...Palatinus The white porch of his home ; And he spake to the noble river That rolls by the towers of Rome. " Oh, Tiber ! father Tiber ! To whom the Romans pray,...harness on his back, Plunged headlong in the tide. No sound of joy or sorrow Was heard from either bank ; But friends and foes in dumb surprise, With... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pages
...The white porch of his home ; And he spake to the noble river That rolls by the towers of Rome. " O Tiber ! father Tiber '. To whom the Romans pray, A...harness on his back, Plunged headlong in the tide. No sound of joy or sorrow Was heard from either bank ; But friends and foes in dumb surprise, With... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pages
...The white porch of his home ; And he spake to the noble river That rolls by the towers of Rome: — " Oh, Tiber ! father Tiber ! To whom the Romans pray,...thou in charge this day!" So he spake, and speaking sheath'd The good sword by his side, And, with his harness on his back, Plung'd headlong in the tide.... | |
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