Lays of Ancient RomeCarey and Hart, 1843 - 118 Seiten |
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... person , and had , Greek as he was , been so indus- trious or so fortunate as to discover some valuable remains of that early Latin poetry which the greatest Latin writers of his age re- gretted as hopelessly lost . Such a supposition ...
... person , and had , Greek as he was , been so indus- trious or so fortunate as to discover some valuable remains of that early Latin poetry which the greatest Latin writers of his age re- gretted as hopelessly lost . Such a supposition ...
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... person , but in the persons of ancient minstrels who know only what a Roman citizen , born three or four hundred years before the Christian æra , may be supposed to have known , and who are in nowise above the passions and pre- judices ...
... person , but in the persons of ancient minstrels who know only what a Roman citizen , born three or four hundred years before the Christian æra , may be supposed to have known , and who are in nowise above the passions and pre- judices ...
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... persons who were alive when both the ballads were made . One of the minstrels says : " Old men that knowen the grownde well yenoughe Call it the battell of Otterburn : At Otterburn began this spurne Upon a monnyn day . Ther was the ...
... persons who were alive when both the ballads were made . One of the minstrels says : " Old men that knowen the grownde well yenoughe Call it the battell of Otterburn : At Otterburn began this spurne Upon a monnyn day . Ther was the ...
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... persons mentioned in the lay of Horatius make their appearance again , and some appellations and epithets used in the lay of Horatius have been purposely repeated : for , in an age of ballad - poetry , it scarcely ever fails to happen ...
... persons mentioned in the lay of Horatius make their appearance again , and some appellations and epithets used in the lay of Horatius have been purposely repeated : for , in an age of ballad - poetry , it scarcely ever fails to happen ...
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... persons in the day of battle . Now the conduct of Sextus at Regillus , as described by Livy , so exactly re- sembles that of Paris , as described at the beginning of the third book of the Iliad , that it is difficult to believe the ...
... persons in the day of battle . Now the conduct of Sextus at Regillus , as described by Livy , so exactly re- sembles that of Paris , as described at the beginning of the third book of the Iliad , that it is difficult to believe the ...
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Æbutius Alba Longa ancient Appius Claudius Appius Claudius Crassus Aulus ballad-poetry ballads battle beneath Bentley's assertion Black Auster blood brave days bridge broadsword Caius chronicle Claudian Clusium Consul Cossus Dionysius Ennius Fabian house Fabius false Sextus Fathers fierce fight foes Forum fought Gabii gown Greece Greek hand hath head Herminius Herodotus Horatius horse horsemen Hurrah Ides of Quintilis king Knights Lake Regillus Lars Porsena Lartius Latian name Latin Licinius lictors Livy loud loves Lucius Lucius Sextius Mamilius Manius Curius Dentatus minstrels Nævius never numbers o'er Patricians pilum Plebeian poem poet poetry Pontiff Porcian height Posthumius Prince proud Punic purple Quintilis Roman Rome Rome's Romulus round Second Punic War shield shout slain smile smote songs spake spears stood story strange sword Tarentines Tarentum Tarquin thee thou thrice Tiber Titus to-day Tribunes triumph Tuscan Tusculum Twin Brethren unto Valerius verses Vesta's Volscian καὶ
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Seite 47 - But with a crash like thunder Fell every loosened beam, And, like a dam, the mighty wreck Lay right athwart the stream : And a long shout of triumph Rose from the walls of Rome, As to the highest turret-tops Was splashed the yellow foam.
Seite 48 - 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,
Seite 40 - 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 44 - Then, whirling up his broadsword With both hands to the height, He rushed against Horatius, And smote with all his might. With shield and blade Horatius Right deftly turned the blow: The blow, though turned, came yet too nigh; It missed his helm, but gashed his thigh : The Tuscans raised a joyful cry To see the red blood flow.
Seite 38 - 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 47 - 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 50 - 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 48 - 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 30 - East and west and south and north The messengers ride fast, And tower and town and cottage Have heard the trumpet's blast. Shame on the false Etruscan Who lingers in his home, When Porsena of Clusium Is on the march for Rome.
Seite 50 - Curse on him!" quoth false Sextus — " Will not the villain drown ? But for this stay, ere close of day We should have sacked the town ! " "Heaven help him!" quoth Lars Porsena, " And bring him safe to shore; For such a gallant feat of arms Was never seen before.