 | Rossiter Johnson - 1875 - 246 pagina’s
...Then out spake brave Horatius, The captain of the gate : " To every man upon this earth Death conieth soon or late. And how can man die better Than facing...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,... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1875 - 660 pagina’s
...Then out spake brave Horntius, The captain of the gate: " To every man upon this earth Death comcth soon or late. And how can man die better Than facing...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 nurse* His baby at... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1875 - 240 pagina’s
...bridge goes down ; And if they once may win the bridge What hope to save the town P " Then, out spake brave Horatius, The captain of the gate : " To every...Death cometh soon or late. And how can man die better Thau facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his gods, " And for the... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard, Homer Baxter Sprague - 1876 - 454 pagina’s
...volume, moderately pure quality, moderate falling slides, initial stress. Thus : — Then out spake brave Horatius, The captain of the gate : " To every...more to help me, Will hold the foe in play. In yon straight path a thousand May well be stopped by three : Now, who will stand on either hand, And keep... | |
 | Hugues Charles S. Cassal, Théodore Karcher - 1876 - 312 pagina’s
...vow, and shouted the pasan. — G. Grote. 26. HORATIUS OFFERS TO DEFEND THE BRIDGE. Then out spake brave Horatius, The captain of the gate : ' To every...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 - 576 pagina’s
...bridge goes down ; And if they once may win the bridge, What hope to save the town I " Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the gate : " To every...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,... | |
 | Alfred Macleod - 1877 - 238 pagina’s
...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...more to help me, will hold the foe in play. In yon straight path a thousand may well be stopped by three, Now who will stand on either hand, and keep... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 630 pagina’s
...bridge goes down ; And if they once may win the bridge, What hope to save the town I " Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the gate : " To every...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,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1877 - 104 pagina’s
...the bridge, Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the Gate : " To every man upon this eartli Death cometh soon or late. And how can man die better...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,... | |
 | 1877 - 362 pagina’s
...imprisonment Can lay on nature, is a paradise To what we fear of DEATH. SHAKESPERE, Measure fcrr Measure. — To every man upon this earth DEATH cometh soon or...can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashee of his fathers And the temples of his gods ? — MACATJLAY, Lays, Horatins. — Ere sin conld... | |
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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 of his Gods... 
