 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...  Lays of Ancient Rome - Page 38by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 118 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1875 - 660 pages
...of his Gods, XXVIII. "And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest, And for the wife who nurse* His baby at her breast, And for the holy maidens Who...from false Sextus That wrought the deed of shame? XXIX. " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With ail the speed ye may ; I with two more to help me, Will... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 576 pages
...man die better Than facing fearful odds For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his gods, " And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest,...them from false Sextus That wrought the deed of shame ? " Hew down the bridge, Sir-Consul, With all the speed ye may ; I, with two more to help me, Will... | |
 | Hugues Charles S. Cassal, Théodore Karcher - 1876 - 312 pages
...man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his gods, ' And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest,...them from false Sextus That wrought the deed of shame ? 1 Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may ; I, with two more to help me, Will... | |
 | Ovid - 1876 - 232 pages
...collis quoque dictus ab illo est, 107 Et referunt certi sacra paterna dies. XXI. TARQUIN AND LUCRECE. To save them from false Sextus, That wrought the deed of shame. MACAULAY, HORATIUS. ARGUMENT. THE Roman officers besieging Ardea, after a lively discussion as to the... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1877 - 104 pages
...man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his gods, " And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest,...the eternal flame, To save them from false Sextus " He\v down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may ; I, with two more to help me, Will hold... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 630 pages
...can man die better Than facing fearful odds For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his gods, "And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest,...breast, And for the holy maidens Who feed the eternal llame, — To save them from false Scxtus That wrought the deed of shame ? " Hew down the bridge, Sir... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1877 - 286 pages
...fearful odds, XXVIII. " And for the tender mother / Who dandled him to rest, \nd for the wife who nursea His baby at her breast, And for the holy maidens Who...from false Sextus That wrought the deed of shame? XXIX. " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may ; I, with two more to help me, Will... | |
 | Curtis Guild - 1877 - 498 pages
...against the whole Etruscan army under Lars Porsena. Horatius, in the ballad, says to his consul : " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may; I, with two more to help me, AVill hold the foe in play. In yon strait path a thousand May well be stopped by three." And the three... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1878 - 240 pages
...better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his Gods, XXVIII. " And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest,...them from false Sextus That wrought the deed of shame ? XXIX. " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may ; I, with two more to help me,... | |
 | London readers - 1878 - 344 pages
...man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his gods, " And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest,...them from false Sextus That wrought the deed of shame ? " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may ; I, with two more to help me, Will... | |
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