 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...  Chambers's graduated readers - עמוד 110מאת Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1885תצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
 | William Chauncey Fowler - 1858 - 381 דפים
...this extract the accented lines are composed of three Iambics, with an additional syllable. To ev'ry man upon this earth, Death cometh soon or late ! And...fearful odds For the ash'es of his fa'thers, And the temple ofhisgods ? — MAOAULAY. IAMBIC TETRAMETER. Formula xa X 4. § 499. In the following the law... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1860 - 425 דפים
...foe. "Their van will be upon us Before the bridge goes down ; And if they once may win the bridge, Then out spake brave Horatius. The captain of the...ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his gods. "Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may ; I, with two more to help me, Will hold... | |
 | Henry George John Clements - 1860 - 138 דפים
...break the bridge; Yet something must be done, or Rome is lost ! The moment is one of terrible suspense. Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the Gate: "To every man upon this earth Death coiucth soon or late. And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers,... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1861 - 538 דפים
...bridge goes down ; And if they once may win the bridge, What hope to save the town ?" 2. Then out spoke brave Horatius, The captain of the gate : "To every...better Than facing fearful odds For the ashes of his /athers , And the temples of his gods ? 3. " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1861 - 336 דפים
...DEFEND THE BRIDGE. 1. THEN outspake brave Horatius,11 the captain of the gate : " To every man upon the earth death cometh, soon or late ; And how can man...ashes of his fathers and the temples of his gods? 2. " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, with all the speed ye may ; I, with two more to help me, will... | |
 | John Connery - 1861 - 395 דפים
...us Before the bridge goes down ; And if they once may win the bridge, What hope to save the town ?" Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the...Death cometh soon or late. And how can man die better 136 THE NEW SPEAKER. For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his Gods ? " And for the tender... | |
 | Henrietta Keddie - 1861 - 434 דפים
...and with the old frankness and eagerness. The lines were not written— the heroic lines — ' Can a man die better Than facing fearful odds For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his gods ?' but they may have been felt even by a Highland laird, battered and bruised spiritually in his day,... | |
 | English poets - 1862
...attending his literary labours, and he died on 20th December 1859. FROM » THE LAYS OF ANCIENT ROME.'* THEN out spake brave Horatius, The captain of the...every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late. 498 GLEANINGS FIVOM THE ENGLISH POETS. And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the... | |
 | Chambers's journal - 1862
...Ixxly-guard of porters, who are drilled to act like soldiers too, if need should be. And if man could e'er Die better Than facing fearful odds For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his gods, 'Twould surely be in keeping Our money safe and sound In notes, and gold, and surer Upon Tom Tiddler's... | |
 | John Charles Curtis - 1863
...carry forests on my back, Neither can you crack a nut." FROM " LAYS OF ANCIENT ROME."— Macaulay. THEN out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the...ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his gods, And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest, And for the wife who nurses His baby at her breast,... | |
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