 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.  Lays of Ancient Rome - Page 47by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 118 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 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
...faces, And on the farther shore Saw. brave Horatius stand alone, They would have crossed once more. But with a crash like thunder Fell every loosened...highest turret-tops Was splashed the yellow foam. And like a horse unbroken When first he feels the rein, The furious river struggled hard, And tossed... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...faces, And on the farther shore Saw brave Horatius stand alone, They would have crossed once more; But with a crash like thunder Fell every loosened...to the highest turret-tops Was splashed the yellow foatu. And like a horse unbroken. When first he feels the rein, The furious river struggled hard, And... | |
 | 1842 - 416 pages
...bridge, and the floating of the ruin down the tide, are described in the following beautiful lines — " But with a crash like thunder Fell every loosened...highest turret-tops Was splashed the yellow foam. And, like a horse unbroken, When first he feels the rein, The furious river struggled hard, And tossed... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 438 pages
...Horatius!" Loud cried the Fathers all. " Back, Lartius? back, Herminius! Back, ere the ruin fall!" 54. Back darted Spurius Lartius; Herminius darted back:...tossed his tawny mane; And burst the curb, and bounded, Rejoicing to be free; And whirling down, in fierce career, Battlement, and plank, and pier, Rushed... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Eliakim Littell - 1843 - 606 pages
...faces, And on the farther shore Saw brave Horatius stand alone. They would have crossed once more. But with a crash like thunder Fell every loosened...highest turret-tops Was splashed the yellow foam. And, like a horse unbroken When first he feels the rein. . The furious river struggled hard, And tossed... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew - 1843 - 604 pages
...faces, And on i in- farther shore Saw brave Horatius stand alone. '' They would have crossed once more. But with a crash like thunder Fell every loosened...And, like a dam, the mighty wreck Lay right athwart tho stream : And a long shout of triumph Rose from the walle of Rome, As to the highest turret-tops... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 108 pages
...faces, And on the farther shore Saw brave Horatius stand alone, They would have crossed once more. But with a crash like thunder Fell every loosened...highest turret-tops Was splashed the yellow foam. And, like a horse unbroken When first he feels the rein, The furious river struggled hard, And tossed... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pages
...Horatius stand alone, They would have cross'd once more. But with a crash like thunder Fell every loosen'd beam, And, like a dam, the mighty wreck Lay right...the walls of Rome As to the highest turret-tops Was splash'd the yellow foam. And, like a horse unbroken When first he feels the rein, The furious river... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pages
...Horatius stand alone, They would have cross'd once more. But with a crash like thunder Fell every loosen'd beam, And, like a dam, the mighty wreck Lay right athwart the stream : 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... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 pages
...Horatius stand alone, They would have cross'd once more. But with a crash like thunder Fell every loosen'd beam, And, like a dam, the mighty wreck Lay right...the walls of Rome As to the highest turret-tops Was splash'd the yellow foam. And, like a horse unbroken When first he feels the rein, The furious river... | |
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