 | 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 - 626 pages
...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...either bank; But friends and foes in dumb surprise, With parted lips and straining eyes, Stood gazing where he sank ; And when above the surges They saw... | |
 | 1842 - 416 pages
...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...either bank ; But friends and foes in dumb surprise, With parted lips and straining eyes. Stood gazing where he sank ; And when above the surges They saw... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew - 1843 - 604 pages
...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...tide. No sound of joy or sorrow Was heard from either bunk ; But friends and foes, in dumb surprise, With parted lips and straining eyes, Stnnd gazing where... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 142 pages
...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...harness on his back, Plunged headlong in the tide. 60. No sound of joy or sorrow Was heard from either bank; But friends and foes in dumb surprise, With... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Eliakim Littell - 1843 - 606 pages
...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...harness on his back, Plunged headlong in the tide. J 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
...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...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... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 206 pages
...sheathed The good sword by his side, And with his harness on his back, Plunged headlong in the tide. 60. No sound of joy or sorrow Was heard from either bank ; But friends and foes in dumb surprise, With parted lips and straining eyes, Stood gazing where he sank ; And when above the surges They saw... | |
 | 1843 - 862 pages
...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 the harness on his back, Plunged headlong in the tide." But the Tiber was in flood, and to swim it... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 108 pages
...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...either bank ; But friends and foes in dumb surprise, With parted lips and straining eyes, Stood gazing where he sank ; And when above the surges They saw... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pages
...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...either bank ; But friends and foes in dumb surprise, With parted lips and straining eyes, Stood gazing where he sank: And when above the surges They saw... | |
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No sound of joy or sorrow Was heard from either bank; But friends and foes, in dumb surprise, With parted lips and straining eyes, Stood gazing where he sank; And when above the surges They saw his crest appear. All Rome sent forth a rapturous cry, And... 
