 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.  The Lays of Ancient Rome - Seite 82von Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1889 - 191 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
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...the simplicity of the old bard, and of the times in which he is supposed to have sung his lay : — ' They gave him of the corn-land That was of public...much as two strong oxen Could plough from morn till night; And they made a molten image, And set it up on high, And there it stands unto this day To witness... | |
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...Tiber Bare bravely up his chin. • * « • And now he feels the bottom ; Now on dry earth he stands ; Now round him throng the Fathers To press his gory...through the River-gate, Borne by the joyous crowd." As much of the public land as two oxen could plough in a day, and a statue set up in the Comitium,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 438 Seiten
...gallant feat of arms Was never seen before." 64. And now he feels the bottom; Now on dry earth he stands; Now round him throng the Fathers To press his gory...through the River-gate, Borne by the joyous crowd. 65. They gave him of the corn-land, That was of public right, As much as two strong oxen Could plough... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Eliakim Littell - 1843 - 606 Seiten
...Fathers To press his gory hands ; Ai.d now with shouts and clapping, And noise of weeping loud, He eniers through the River-gate, Borne by the joyous crowd....much as two strong oxen Could plough from morn till night : And they made a molten image, And set it up on high, And there it stands unto this day To witness... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew - 1843 - 604 Seiten
...bottom ; Now on dry earth he stands : Now rouud him throng the Fathers To press his gory hands ; Ar d now with shouts and clapping, And noise of weeping loud, He enters through tho River-gate, Borne by the joyous crowd. They gave him of the corn-land, That was of public right,... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 108 Seiten
...gallant feat of arms Was never seen before." And now he feels the bottom ; Now on dry earth he stands ; Now round him throng the Fathers To press his gory...much as two strong oxen Could plough from morn till night ; And they made a molten image, And set it up on high, And there it stands unto this day, To... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 Seiten
...gallant feat of arms Was never seen before." And now he feels the bottom ; Now on dry earth he stands ; Now round him throng the fathers To press his gory...right, As much as two strong oxen Could plough from mom till night ; And they made a molten image, And eel it up on high, And there it stands unto this... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 Seiten
...gallant feat of arms "Was never seen before." And now he feels the bottom ; Now on dry earth he stands ; Now round him throng the Fathers To press his gory hands ; And soon with shouts and clapping, And noise of weeping loud, He enters through the river gate, Borne by... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 Seiten
...gallant feat of arms Was never seen before." And now he feels the bottom ; Now on dry earth he stands ; Now round him throng the fathers To press his gory...right, As much as two strong oxen Could plough from mom till night ; And they made a molten image, And set it up on high, And there it stands unto this... | |
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...e. xv. The reward allotted to Horatius in the Roman Ager ought now to be familiar to every one : " They gave him of the corn-land That was of public...much as two strong oxen Could plough from morn till night ! " 1 " Geald Sone guSrtes Geata dryhten .... ofer mafrnum sealde heora gehwa;Srum hund In1senda... | |
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