Lays of Ancient RomeCarey and Hart, 1843 - 118 pages |
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... Horatius Cocles , of Scævola , and of Clolia , the battle of Regillus won by the aid of Castor and Pollux , the fall of Cremera , the touching story of Coriolanus , the still more touching story of Virginia , the wild legend about the ...
... Horatius Cocles , of Scævola , and of Clolia , the battle of Regillus won by the aid of Castor and Pollux , the fall of Cremera , the touching story of Coriolanus , the still more touching story of Virginia , the wild legend about the ...
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... unlearn- ed on a work of the imagination will always depend much more on the general character and spirit of such a work than on minute details . HORATIUS . THERE can be little doubt that among those 26 LAYS OF ANCIENT ROME .
... unlearn- ed on a work of the imagination will always depend much more on the general character and spirit of such a work than on minute details . HORATIUS . THERE can be little doubt that among those 26 LAYS OF ANCIENT ROME .
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... Horatius Cocles . We have several versions of the story , and these versions differ from each other in points of no ... Horatius defended the bridge alone , and pe- rished in the waters . According to the chronicles which Livy and ...
... Horatius Cocles . We have several versions of the story , and these versions differ from each other in points of no ... Horatius defended the bridge alone , and pe- rished in the waters . According to the chronicles which Livy and ...
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... Horatius alone , may have been the favourite with the Horatian house . The following ballad is supposed to have been made about a hundred and twenty years after the war which it celebrates , and just before the taking of Rome by the ...
... Horatius alone , may have been the favourite with the Horatian house . The following ballad is supposed to have been made about a hundred and twenty years after the war which it celebrates , and just before the taking of Rome by the ...
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... defenders of the bridge was the representative of one of the three patrician tribes is both ingenious and probable , and has been adopted in the following poem . HORATIUS . A LAY MADE ABOUT THE YEAR OF THE HORATIUS . 29 20.
... defenders of the bridge was the representative of one of the three patrician tribes is both ingenious and probable , and has been adopted in the following poem . HORATIUS . A LAY MADE ABOUT THE YEAR OF THE HORATIUS . 29 20.
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Page 47 - 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.
Page 48 - Alone stood brave Horatius, But constant still in mind ; Thrice thirty thousand foes before, And the broad flood behind. " Down with him ! " cried false Sextus, With a smile on his pale face. "Now yield thee," cried Lars Porsena,
Page 40 - Then none was for a party ; Then all were for the state ; Then the great man helped the poor, And the poor man loved the great ; Then lands were fairly portioned ; Then spoils were fairly sold : The Romans were like brothers In the brave days of old.
Page 44 - Then, whirling up his broadsword With both hands to the height, He rushed against Horatius, And smote with all his might. With shield and blade Horatius Right deftly turned the blow: The blow, though turned, came yet too nigh; It missed his helm, but gashed his thigh : The Tuscans raised a joyful cry To see the red blood flow.
Page 38 - 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...
Page 47 - Back darted Spurius Lartius; Herminius darted back: And, as they passed, beneath their feet They felt the timbers crack. But when they turned their faces, And on the farther shore Saw brave Horatius stand alone, They would have crossed once more.
Page 50 - And now he feels the bottom ; Now on dry earth he stands; Now round him throng the Fathers To press his gory hands; And now with shouts and clapping, And noise of weeping loud, He enters through the River-Gate, Borne by the joyous crowd.
Page 48 - Tiber! 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 his harness on his back Plunged headlong in the tide.
Page 30 - East and west and south and north The messengers ride fast, And tower and town and cottage Have heard the trumpet's blast. Shame on the false Etruscan Who lingers in his home, When Porsena of Clusium Is on the march for Rome.
Page 50 - Curse on him!" quoth false Sextus — " Will not the villain drown ? But for this stay, ere close of day We should have sacked the town ! " "Heaven help him!" quoth Lars Porsena, " And bring him safe to shore; For such a gallant feat of arms Was never seen before.