Lays of Ancient RomeMiller, 1873 |
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... hath every city 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 ...
... hath every city 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 ...
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... Hath wasted all the plain ; Astur hath stormed Janiculum , And the stout guards are slain . XVIII . I wis , in all the Senate , There was no heart so bold , But sore it ached , and fast it beat , When that ill news was told . Forthwith ...
... Hath wasted all the plain ; Astur hath stormed Janiculum , And the stout guards are slain . XVIII . I wis , in all the Senate , There was no heart so bold , But sore it ached , and fast it beat , When that ill news was told . Forthwith ...
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... The jays in deadly fight.- Forth looked in wrath the eagle , And carrion - kite and jay , Soon as they saw his beak and claw , Fled screaming far away . " 10 VIII . The Herald of the Latines Hath hied him. BATTLE OF THE LAKE REGILLUS . 109.
... The jays in deadly fight.- Forth looked in wrath the eagle , And carrion - kite and jay , Soon as they saw his beak and claw , Fled screaming far away . " 10 VIII . The Herald of the Latines Hath hied him. BATTLE OF THE LAKE REGILLUS . 109.
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Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. VIII . The Herald of the Latines Hath hied him back in state : The Fathers of the City Are met in high debate . Then spake the elder Consul , An ancient man and wise , " Now hearken , Conscript ...
Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. VIII . The Herald of the Latines Hath hied him back in state : The Fathers of the City Are met in high debate . Then spake the elder Consul , An ancient man and wise , " Now hearken , Conscript ...
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... hath sprung down , And hath bestrode his sire . Latian captains , Roman knights , Fast down to earth they spring , And hand to han 1 they fight on foot Around the ancient king . First Titus gave tall Cæso A death - wound in 11 BATTLE OF ...
... hath sprung down , And hath bestrode his sire . Latian captains , Roman knights , Fast down to earth they spring , And hand to han 1 they fight on foot Around the ancient king . First Titus gave tall Cæso A death - wound in 11 BATTLE OF ...
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Seite 255 - For swift to east and swift to west the ghastly warflame spread, High on St. Michael's Mount it shone: it shone on Beachy Head. Far on the deep the Spaniard saw, along each southern shire, Cape beyond cape, in endless range, those twinkling points of fire.
Seite 244 - And he has bound a snow-white plume upon his gallant crest. He looked upon his people, and a tear was in his eye; He looked upon the traitors, and his glance was stern and high. Right graciously he smiled on us, as rolled from wing to wing, Down all our line, a deafening shout,
Seite 65 - 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.
Seite 83 - And still his name sounds stirring Unto the men of Rome, As the trumpet-blast that cries to them To charge the Volscian home ; And wives still pray to Juno For boys with hearts as bold As his who kept the bridge so well In the brave days of old.
Seite 61 - 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 49 - LARS PORSENA of Clusium By the Nine Gods he swore That the great house of Tarquin Should suffer wrong no more. By the Nine Gods he swore it, And named a trysting day, And bade his messengers ride forth, East and west and south and north, To summon his array.
Seite 242 - And thou, Rochelle, our own Rochelle, proud city of the waters, Again let rapture light the eyes of all thy mourning daughters. As thou wert constant in our ills, be joyous in our joy; For cold, and stiff, and still are they who wrought thy walls annoy.
Seite 77 - And like a horse unbroken When first he feels the rein, The furious river struggled hard And 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 headlong to the sea. 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...
Seite 253 - For there behoves him to set up the standard of Her Grace. And haughtily the trumpets peal, and gaily dance the bells, As slow upon the labouring wind the royal blazon swells. Look how the Lion of the sea lifts up his ancient crown, And underneath his deadly paw treads the gay lilies down.
Seite 54 - But by the yellow Tiber Was tumult and affright : From all the spacious champaign To Rome men took their flight. A mile around the city, The throng stopped up the ways ; A fearful sight it was to see Through two long nights and days.