Lays of Ancient RomeCarey and Hart, 1843 - 118 Seiten |
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... poet , and produces trains of events not to be distinguished from the most elaborate plots which are constructed by art . * But though the existence of a poetical element in the early history of the Great City was de- tected so many ...
... poet , and produces trains of events not to be distinguished from the most elaborate plots which are constructed by art . * But though the existence of a poetical element in the early history of the Great City was de- tected so many ...
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... poet the minute curiosity and patient diligence of a great antiquary , was but just in time to save the precious ... poets who stood to him in the same relation in which the author of the romance of PREFACE . 11.
... poet the minute curiosity and patient diligence of a great antiquary , was but just in time to save the precious ... poets who stood to him in the same relation in which the author of the romance of PREFACE . 11.
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... poet predicts that , under the peaceful administration of Augustus , the Romans will , over their full goblets , sing to the pipe , after the fashion of their fathers , the deeds of brave captains , and the ancient legends touching the ...
... poet predicts that , under the peaceful administration of Augustus , the Romans will , over their full goblets , sing to the pipe , after the fashion of their fathers , the deeds of brave captains , and the ancient legends touching the ...
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... poets . Ennius was the founder of a new dynasty . Nævius celebrated the First Punic War in Satur- nian verse , the old national verse of Italy . * Ennius sang * Cicero speaks highly in more than one place of this poem of Nævius ; Ennius ...
... poets . Ennius was the founder of a new dynasty . Nævius celebrated the First Punic War in Satur- nian verse , the old national verse of Italy . * Ennius sang * Cicero speaks highly in more than one place of this poem of Nævius ; Ennius ...
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... poet , in the epitaph which he wrote for " The queen was in her parlour eating bread and honey ; " yet the author of this line , we may be assured , borrowed nothing from either Nævius or Archilochus . On the other hand , it is by no ...
... poet , in the epitaph which he wrote for " The queen was in her parlour eating bread and honey ; " yet the author of this line , we may be assured , borrowed nothing from either Nævius or Archilochus . On the other hand , it is by no ...
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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.