Lays of Ancient Rome with "Ivry and Armada"Harper & brothers, 1894 - 199 Seiten |
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... Sent up her tale of men ; The foot are fourscore thousand , The horse are thousands ten . Before the gates of Sutrium Is met the great array . A proud man was Lars Porsena Upon the trysting - day . XII . For all the Etruscan armies Were ...
... Sent up her tale of men ; The foot are fourscore thousand , The horse are thousands ten . Before the gates of Sutrium Is met the great array . A proud man was Lars Porsena Upon the trysting - day . XII . For all the Etruscan armies Were ...
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... sent a blow . ' Lie there , ' he cried , ' fell pirate ! No more , aghast and pale , From Ostia's walls the crowd shall mark The track of thy destroying bark . No more Campania's hinds shall fly To woods and caverns when they spy Thy ...
... sent a blow . ' Lie there , ' he cried , ' fell pirate ! No more , aghast and pale , From Ostia's walls the crowd shall mark The track of thy destroying bark . No more Campania's hinds shall fly To woods and caverns when they spy Thy ...
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... sent forth a rapturous cry , And even the ranks of Tuscany Could scarce forbear to cheer . LXI . But fiercely ran the current , Swollen high by months of rain ; And fast his blood was flowing , And he was sore in pain , And heavy with ...
... sent forth a rapturous cry , And even the ranks of Tuscany Could scarce forbear to cheer . LXI . But fiercely ran the current , Swollen high by months of rain ; And fast his blood was flowing , And he was sore in pain , And heavy with ...
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... sent a message Unto the eagle's nest : Now yield thou up thine eyry Unto the carrion - kite , Or come forth valiantly and face The jays in deadly fight.- Forth looked in wrath the eagle ; And carrion - kite and jay , Soon as they saw ...
... sent a message Unto the eagle's nest : Now yield thou up thine eyry Unto the carrion - kite , Or come forth valiantly and face The jays in deadly fight.- Forth looked in wrath the eagle ; And carrion - kite and jay , Soon as they saw ...
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Seite 55 - 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 even the ranks of Tuscany Could scarce forbear to cheer.
Seite 46 - Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may; I, with two more to help me, Will hold the foe in play. In yon strait path a thousand May well be stopped by three: Now who will stand on either hand, And keep the bridge with me?" Then out spake Spurius Lartius, — A Ramnian proud was he: "Lo, I will stand at thy right hand, And keep the bridge with thee.
Seite 56 - 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.
Seite 45 - Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the gate : '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...
Seite 57 - And in the nights of winter, When the cold north winds blow, And the long howling of the wolves Is heard amidst the snow ; When round the lonely cottage Roars loud the tempest's din, And the good logs of Algidus Roar louder yet within...
Seite 55 - 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.
Seite 38 - The horsemen and the footmen Are pouring in amain, From many a stately market-place; From many a fruitful plain; From many a lonely hamlet, Which, hid by beech and pine, Like an eagle's nest, hangs on the crest Of purple Apennine ; iv.
Seite 84 - Back comes the Chief in triumph. Who, in the hour of fight, Hath seen the Great Twin Brethren In harness on his right. Safe comes the ship to haven, Through billows and through gales, If once the Great Twin Brethren Sit shining on the sails.
Seite 54 - 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, "Now yield thee to our grace.
Seite 50 - Comes with his stately stride. Upon his ample shoulders Clangs loud the fourfold shield. And in his hand he shakes the brand Which none but he can wield.