Lays of Ancient RomeHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1890 - 117 Seiten |
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... Rank behind rank , like surges bright Of a broad sea of gold . Four hundred trumpets sounded A peal of warlike glee , As that great host , with measured tread , And spears advanced , and ensigns spread , 290 Rolled slowly towards the ...
... Rank behind rank , like surges bright Of a broad sea of gold . Four hundred trumpets sounded A peal of warlike glee , As that great host , with measured tread , And spears advanced , and ensigns spread , 290 Rolled slowly towards the ...
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... ranks divide ; 850 And the great Lord of Luna 355 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 . 43 He smiled on those bold ...
... ranks divide ; 850 And the great Lord of Luna 355 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 . 43 He smiled on those bold ...
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... ranks to see ; Naught spake he to Lars Porsena , To Sextus naught spake he ; But he saw on Palatinus The white porch of his home ; 490 And he spake to the noble river That rolls by the towers of Rome . 495 59 " O Tiber ! father Tiber ...
... ranks to see ; Naught spake he to Lars Porsena , To Sextus naught spake he ; But he saw on Palatinus The white porch of his home ; 490 And he spake to the noble river That rolls by the towers of Rome . 495 59 " O Tiber ! father Tiber ...
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... ranks of Tuscany Could scarce forbear to cheer . 61 510 But fiercely ran the current , 515 Swollen high by months of rain : And fast his blood was flowing , And he was sore in pain , And heavy with his armor , And spent with changing ...
... ranks of Tuscany Could scarce forbear to cheer . 61 510 But fiercely ran the current , 515 Swollen high by months of rain : And fast his blood was flowing , And he was sore in pain , And heavy with his armor , And spent with changing ...
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... ranks , Bristling with crest and spear . 800 16 But far to north Æbutius , The Master of the Knights , Gave Tubero of Norba To feed the Porcian kites . 305 Next under those red horse - hoofs Flaccus of Setia lay ; 310 Better had he been ...
... ranks , Bristling with crest and spear . 800 16 But far to north Æbutius , The Master of the Knights , Gave Tubero of Norba To feed the Porcian kites . 305 Next under those red horse - hoofs Flaccus of Setia lay ; 310 Better had he been ...
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Seite 25 - 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 93 - ... despair one fearful refuge left. He little deems that in this hand I clutch what still can save Thy gentle youth from taunts and blows, the portion of the slave ; Yea, and from nameless evil, that passeth taunt and blow — Foul outrage which thou knowest not, which thou shalt never know. Then clasp me round the neck once more, and give me one more kiss ; And now, mine own dear little girl, there is no way but this.
Seite 93 - The time is come. See how he points his eager hand this way ! See how his eyes gloat on thy grief, like a kite's upon the prey ! With all his wit, he little deems, that, spurned, betrayed, bereft, Thy father hath in his despair one fearful refuge left. He little deems that in this hand I clutch what still can save Thy gentle youth from taunts and blows, the portion of the slave ; Yea, and from nameless evil, that passeth taunt and blow — Foul outrage which thou knowest not, which thou shalt never...
Seite 27 - 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 92 - Oh how I loved my darling ! Though stern I sometimes be, To thee, thou know'st, I was not so. Who could...
Seite 92 - The house that was the happiest within the Roman walls, The house that envied not the wealth of Capua's marble halls, Now, for the brightness of thy smile, must have eternal gloom, And for the music of thy voice, the silence of the tomb.
Seite 90 - Then leave the poor Plebeian his single tie to life— The sweet, sweet love of daughter, of sister, and of wife, The gentle speech, the balm for all that his vexed soul endures, The kiss, in which he half forgets even such a yoke as yours.
Seite 19 - And now 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...
Seite 88 - Oh for that ancient spirit which curbed the Senate's will! Oh for the tents which in old time whitened the Sacred Hill ! In those brave days our fathers stood firmly side by side ; They faced the Marcian fury ; they tamed the Fabian pride; They drove the fiercest Quinctius an outcast forth from Rome ; They sent the haughtiest Claudius with shivered fasces home.
Seite 94 - And even as Appius Claudius hath dealt by me and mine, Deal you by Appius Claudius and all the Claudian line...