 | 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
...dam, the mighty wreck Lay right athwart the stream ; And a long shout of triumph Rose from the walls of Rome, As to the highest turret-tops Was splashed...burst the curb, and bounded Rejoicing to be free; And whirling down, in fierce career, Battlement, and plank, and pier, Rushed headlong to the sea. Alone... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...triumph Rose, from the walls of Rome, As to the highest turret-tops Was splashed the yellow foatu. And like a horse unbroken. When first he feels the...burst the curb, and bounded, Rejoicing to be free; And whirling down, in fierce career, Battlement, and plank, and pier, Hushed headlong to the sea. Alone... | |
 | 1842 - 416 pages
...dam, the mighty wreck Lay right athwart the stream : And a long shout of triumph Rose from the walls of Rome, As to the highest turret-tops Was splashed...burst the curb, and bounded, Rejoicing to be free ; And whirling down, in fierce career, Battlement, and plank, and pier, Rushed headlong to the sea."... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 206 pages
...triumph Hose from the walls of Rome, As to the highest turret-tops Was splashed the yellow foam. 56. And, like a horse unbroken When first he feels the...burst the curb, and bounded, Rejoicing to be free ; And whirling down, in fierce career, Battlement, and plank, and pier, Rushed headlong to the sea,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 142 pages
...dam, the mighty wreck Lay right athwart the stream: And a long shout of triumph Rose from the walls of Rome, As to the highest turret-tops Was splashed the yellow foam. 56. And, like a horse unbroken When first he feels the rein, The furious river struggled hard, And... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 438 pages
...dam, the mighty wreck Lay right athwart the stream: And a long shout of triumph Rose from the walls of Rome, As to the highest turret-tops Was splashed the yellow foam. 56. And, like a horse unbroken When first he feels the rein, The furious river struggled hard, And... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 108 pages
...dam, the mighty wreck Lay right athwart the stream : And a long shout of triumph Rose from the walls of Rome, As to the highest turret-tops Was splashed...burst the curb, and bounded, Rejoicing to be free ; And whirling down, in fierce career, Battlement, and plank, and pier, Rushed headlong to the sea.... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pages
...And a long shout of triumph Rose from the walls of Rome As to the highest turret-tops Was splash'd the yellow foam. And, like a horse unbroken When first...feels the rein, The furious river struggled hard, And toss'd his tawny mane ; And burst the curb, and bounded, Rejoicing to be free ; And whirling down,... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pages
...And a long shout of triumph Kose from the walls of Rome, As to the highest turret-tops Was splash'd the yellow ' foam. And, like a horse unbroken, When...feels the rein, The furious river struggled hard, And toss'd his tawny inane ; And burst the curb, and bounded, Rejoicing to be free ; And whirling down,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 pages
...And a long shout of triumph Rose from the walls of Rome As to the highest turret-tops Was splash'd the yellow foam. And, like a horse unbroken When first...feels the rein, The furious river struggled hard, And toss'd his tawny mane ; And burst the curb, and bounded, Rejoicing to be free ; And whirling down,... | |
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But with a crash like thunder Fell every loosened beam, And like a dam the mighty wreck Lay right athwart the stream ; And a long shout of triumph Rose from the walls of Rome As to the highest turret-tops Was splashed the yellow foam. 
