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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... "
Lays of Ancient Rome - Page 61
by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1873
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 61

1847 - 798 pages
...every man npon this earth Death cometh soon or late ; And how can man die better Than facing fearfnl odds, For the ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his gods?'" Not one other word shonld stont which mnst have gone home at once old Cocles have nttered, of apology...
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The London University Magazine, Volume 1

1842 - 416 pages
...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...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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Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volume 4

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 438 pages
...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...ashes of his fathers And the temples of his Gods, 28. " And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest, And for the wife who nurses His baby at her...
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Jugel's universal magazine, ed. by F.A. Catty

1843 - 1266 pages
...every man upon this earth Drath cometh soon or late. And how can man die better Than facing tearful 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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The Poets and Poetry of England, in the Nineteenth Century

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pages
...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...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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The Modern Poetical Speaker; Or, a Collection of Pieces Adapted for ...

Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pages
...The captain of the gate : " To 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 of his Gods. " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed you may ; I, with two more to help me, Will hold...
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The Poets and Poetry of England: In the Nineteenth Century

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 pages
...once may win the bridge, What hope to save the town ?" " 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 fathen And the temples of his gods, " And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest, And for the...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61

1847 - 806 pages
...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,...ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his gods?'" Not one other word should stout old Cooles have uttered, of apology for claiming to himself the post...
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The Churchman's companion

1870 - 494 pages
...Regillus," or " Horatius Codes," and then Albert would repeat after me in a kind of rhapsody — " For how can man die better, Than facing fearful odds,...ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his gods ?" I was living Merton days once more ; I was " Long Jim" (my nickname at Merton, because of my stature)...
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Readings in science and literature

Daniel Scrymgeour - 1851 - 424 pages
...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...ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his gods ! " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed you may ; i See note 1, p. 230. I, with two...
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