Lays of Ancient Rome, with Jory and the ArmadaLongmans, Green, 1887 - 191 Seiten |
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... great host , with measured tread , And spears advanced , and ensigns spread , Rolled slowly towards the bridge's head , Where stood the dauntless Three . AGRI 1879 XXXVI . The Three stood calm and silent HORATIUS . 27.
... great host , with measured tread , And spears advanced , and ensigns spread , Rolled slowly towards the bridge's head , Where stood the dauntless Three . AGRI 1879 XXXVI . The Three stood calm and silent HORATIUS . 27.
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... breadth out Behind the Tuscan's head . XLVI . And the great Lord of Luna Fell at that deadly stroke As falls on Mount Alvernus A thunder - smitten oak . Far o'er the crashing forest The giant arms lie spread 32 LAYS OF ANCIENT ROME .
... breadth out Behind the Tuscan's head . XLVI . And the great Lord of Luna Fell at that deadly stroke As falls on Mount Alvernus A thunder - smitten oak . Far o'er the crashing forest The giant arms lie spread 32 LAYS OF ANCIENT ROME .
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... , Gaze on the blasted head . JRW 1879 XLVII . On Astur's throat Horatius Right firmly pressed his heel , And thrice and four times tugged amain Ere he wrenched out the steel . D ' And see , ' he cried , ' the. HORATIUS . 33.
... , Gaze on the blasted head . JRW 1879 XLVII . On Astur's throat Horatius Right firmly pressed his heel , And thrice and four times tugged amain Ere he wrenched out the steel . D ' And see , ' he cried , ' the. HORATIUS . 33.
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... head was full of the Greek mythology ; and the ambigu- ous answer returned by Apollo is in the exact style of the prophecies which , according to Herodotus , lured Croesus to destruction . Then the character of the narrative changes ...
... head was full of the Greek mythology ; and the ambigu- ous answer returned by Apollo is in the exact style of the prophecies which , according to Herodotus , lured Croesus to destruction . Then the character of the narrative changes ...
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... head of the legions of the Commonwealth , and had afterwards carried the news of the victory with incredible speed to the city . The well in the Forum at which they had alighted was pointed out . Near the well rose their ancient temple ...
... head of the legions of the Commonwealth , and had afterwards carried the news of the victory with incredible speed to the city . The well in the Forum at which they had alighted was pointed out . Near the well rose their ancient temple ...
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Seite 177 - 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 38 - 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 178 - Bartholomew," was passed from man to man, But out spake gentle Henry "No Frenchman is my foe. Down, down, with every foreigner, but let your brethren go...
Seite 180 - Antwerp monks may sing a mass for thy poor spearmen's souls. Ho ! gallant nobles of the League, look that your arms be bright ; Ho ! burghers of Saint Genevieve, keep watch and ward to-night.
Seite 190 - ... din, As fast from every village round the horse came spurring in : And eastward straight from wild Blackheath the warlike errand went, And roused in many an ancient hall the gallant squires of Kent. Southward from Surrey's pleasant hills flew those bright couriers forth...
Seite 14 - 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.
Seite 37 - 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.
Seite 24 - 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 97 - This day, by Lake Regillus, Under the Porcian height, All in the lands of Tusculum Was fought a glorious fight. To-morrow your Dictator Shall bring in triumph home The spoils of thirty cities To deck the shrines of Rome...
Seite 24 - And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest, And for the wife who nurses His baby at her breast, And for the holy maidens Who feed the eternal flame, To save 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 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 ?