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,... Lays of Ancient Rome, with Jory and the Armada - Seite 24von Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1887 - 191 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1847 - 798 Seiten
...has the effect of dilnting the strength those contained in the last two lines, of the passage. " ' And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest, And for the wife who nnrses Her baby at her breast ; And for the holy maidens Who feed the eternal flame, To save them from... | |
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 Seiten
...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,...feed the' eternal flame, — To save them from false Sextns That wrought the deed of shame? " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may;... | |
| 1842 - 416 Seiten
...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 hold... | |
| 1843 - 1266 Seiten
...man die better Than facing tearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his gods : And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest;...from false Sextus That wrought the deed of shame? Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may; 1, with two more to help me, AVill hold... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 438 Seiten
...die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his Gods, 28. " And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest,...from false Sextus That wrought the deed of shame? 29. " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may; I, with two more to help me, Will... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 142 Seiten
...die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his Gods, 28. " And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest,...from false Sextus That wrought the deed of shame? 29. " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may; I, with two more to help me, Will... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 Seiten
...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 name, To save them from false Sextus That wrought the deed of shame ? " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul,... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 Seiten
...man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathen 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... | |
| 1847 - 806 Seiten
...interpolates another stanza, which has the effect of diluting the streTujJ.lv. of the passage. " ' And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest, And for the wife who nurses Her baby at her breast ; And for the holy maidens Who feed the eternal flame, To save them from false... | |
| Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - 1852 - 438 Seiten
...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,...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... | |
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