Lays of Ancient Rome with "Ivry and Armada"B. Tauchnitz, 1851 - 240 pages |
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Page 52
... gowns , And hied them to the wall . XIX . They held a council standing Before the River - Gate ; Short time was there , ye well may guess , For musing or debate . Out spake the Consul roundly : " The bridge must straight go down ; For ...
... gowns , And hied them to the wall . XIX . They held a council standing Before the River - Gate ; Short time was there , ye well may guess , For musing or debate . Out spake the Consul roundly : " The bridge must straight go down ; For ...
Page 169
... gown , and smote upon his breast , And sprang upon that column , by many a minstrel sung , Whereon three mouldering helmets , three rusting swords , are hung , And beckoned to the people , and in bold voice and clear Poured thick and ...
... gown , and smote upon his breast , And sprang upon that column , by many a minstrel sung , Whereon three mouldering helmets , three rusting swords , are hung , And beckoned to the people , and in bold voice and clear Poured thick and ...
Page 172
... gown , and the curule chair , the car , and laurel crown : Still press us for your cohorts , and , when the fight is done ' , Still fill your garners from the soil which our good swords have won . Still , like a spreading ulcer , which ...
... gown , and the curule chair , the car , and laurel crown : Still press us for your cohorts , and , when the fight is done ' , Still fill your garners from the soil which our good swords have won . Still , like a spreading ulcer , which ...
Page 175
... gown . And then his eyes grew very dim , and his throat began to swell , And in a hoarse , changed voice he spake , " Farewell , sweet child ! Farewell ! Oh ! how I loved my darling ! Though stern I some- times be , To thee , thou know ...
... gown . And then his eyes grew very dim , and his throat began to swell , And in a hoarse , changed voice he spake , " Farewell , sweet child ! Farewell ! Oh ! how I loved my darling ! Though stern I some- times be , To thee , thou know ...
Page 176
... gown ! Now , all those things are over yes , all thy pretty ways , Thy needlework , thy prattle , thy snatches of old lays ; And none will grieve when I go forth , or smile when I return , Or watch beside the old man's bed , or weep ...
... gown ! Now , all those things are over yes , all thy pretty ways , Thy needlework , thy prattle , thy snatches of old lays ; And none will grieve when I go forth , or smile when I return , Or watch beside the old man's bed , or weep ...
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Alba Longa ancient Rome Appius Claudius Appius Claudius Crassus array Aulus ballad-poetry ballads battle beneath Bentley's assertion Black Auster blood brave days bridge broadsword Caius chronicle Claudian Clusium Consul cried Curius Dionysius Ennius Fabian house Fabius false Sextus Fathers fierce fight foes Forum fought gown Greece Greek hand hath head helmet Herminius Horatius horse Hurrah Ides of Quintilis King Knights Lake Regillus Lars Porsena Latian name Latin Lays of ancient Licinius lictors Livy Lord loud loves Lucius Lucius Sextius Mamilius Manius Curius Dentatus minstrels Nævius never numbers o'er Patricians pilum Plebeians poem poet poetry Pontiff Posthumius Prince proud Punic purple Quintilis ranks rode Roman Romulus round rushed Second Punic War shield shout slain smile smote songs spake spears steed stood story strange sword Tarquin Terentianus Maurus thee thou thrice Tiber Titus to-day Tribunes triumph Tusculum Twin Brethren unto Valerius verses Volscian