 But all Etruria's noblest Felt their hearts sink to see On the earth the bloody corpses, In the path the dauntless Three: And, from the ghastly entrance Where those bold Romans stood, All shrank, like boys who unaware, Ranging the woods to start a hare,...  The Lays of Ancient Rome - Seite 74von Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1889 - 191 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1843 - 626 Seiten
...service, and their valiant resistance, are dashed off with great animation : — ' But all Etruria's noblest Felt their hearts sink to see On the earth...bold Romans stood, All shrank, like boys who unaware, Ringing the woods to start a hare, Come to the mouth of the dark lair Where, growling low, a fierce... | |
 | 1843 - 648 Seiten
...of Horatius,' we must point out the following genuine Homeric comparison : — " But all Etruria's noblest Felt their hearts sink to see On the earth...low, a fierce old bear Lies amidst bones and blood." The recompense of Horatius is in excellent contrast with the " moving accidents " of the rest of the... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 438 Seiten
...Nor men of lordly race; For all Etruria's noblest Were round the fatal place. 49. But all Etruria's noblest Felt their hearts sink to see On the earth...low, a fierce old bear Lies amidst bones and blood. 60. Vfas none who would be foremost To lead such dire attack; But those behind cried "Forward!" And... | |
 | 1843 - 862 Seiten
...bad manner, and a bad specimen of that manner. " But all EtmriaV) noblest Felt their hearts shrink to see On the earth the bloody corpses. In the path...bold Romans stood, All shrank like boys who, unaware, (!) Hanging the woods to start a hare, (!!) Come to the mouth of the dark lair (!!!) We sincerely trust... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1843 - 624 Seiten
...from the ghastly entrance Where those bold Romans stood, All shrank, like boys who unaware, Ringing the woods to start a hare, Come to the mouth of the...growling low, a fierce old bear Lies amidst bones arid blood. Was none who would be foremost To lead such dire attack ; But those behind cried " Forward!... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 108 Seiten
...chiefs try to force the passage, but are slain by Horaratius and his companions.] But all Etruria's noblest Felt their hearts sink to see On the earth...bold Romans stood, All shrank, like boys who unaware, Banging the woods to start a hare, Come to the mouth of the dark lair Where, growling low, a fierce... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 Seiten
...prowess, Nor men of lordly race; For all Etruria's noblest Were round the fatal place. But all Etruria's noblest Felt their hearts sink to see On the earth...low, a fierce old bear Lies amidst bones and blood. Was none who could be foremost To lead such dire attack ; But those behind cried " Forward !" And those... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 Seiten
...ruins of the magnificent bridge, built bv Augustus, is it-. great object of interest. But all Etruria's noblest Felt their hearts sink to see On the earth...Romans stood, All shrank, like boys who, unaware, Banging the woods to start a hare, Come to the mouth of the dark lair, Where, growling low, a fierce... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 Seiten
...prowess, Nor men of lordly race; For all Etruria's noblest Were round the fatal place. Buf all Etruria's noblest Felt their hearts sink to see On the earth...low, a fierce old bear Lies amidst bones and blood. Was none who could be foremost To lead such dire attack ; But those behind cried " Forward !" And those... | |
 | Walter McLeod - 1850 - 170 Seiten
...chiefs try to force the passage, but arc slain >,» Horatius and his companions.] But all Etruria's noblest Felt their hearts sink to see On the earth...bold Romans stood, All shrank, like boys who unaware, Banging the woods to start a hare, Come to the mouth of the dark lair Where, growling low, a fierce... | |
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