 Now while the three were tightening Their harness on their backs, The consul was the foremost man To take in hand an axe ; And fathers, mixed with commons, Seized hatchet, bar, and crow, And smote upon the planks above, And loosed the props below.  True Stories of Brave Deeds - Стр. 150редактор(ы): - 1870 - Страниц: 292Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | Walter McLeod - 1850 - Страниц: 170
...Lartius, and Henninins undertake to keep back the enemy from passing the bridge till it can be hewn down.] Meanwhile the Tuscan army, Right glorious to behold,...noonday light, Rank behind rank, like surges bright A peal of warlike glee, As that great host, with measured tread, And spears advanced, and ensigns spread,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1854 - Страниц: 240
...Commons Seized hatchet, bar, and crow, And smote upon the planks above, And loosed the props below. XXXV. Meanwhile the Tuscan army, Right glorious to behold, Came flashing back the noonday light, Bank behind rank, like surges bright Of a broad sea of gold. Four hundred trumpets sounded A peal of... | |
 | English poetry - 1857 - Страниц: 334
...back the enemy from passing the bridge till it can be hewn down.] Meanwhile the Tuscan army, Eight glorious to behold, Came flashing back the noonday...broad sea of gold. Four hundred trumpets sounded A peel of warlike glee, As that great host, with measured tread, And spears advanced, and ensigns spread,... | |
 | John Mahelon Berry Sill - 1863 - Страниц: 240
...Meanwhile the Tuscan army, Right53 glorious to behold, Came flashing 53 back the noonday M light, Bank " behind rank, like surges bright Of a broad sea of gold. Four hundred M trumpets sounded A peal of warlike glee, As 57 that great host, with measured tread, And spears advanced,58... | |
 | Walter Scott Dalgleish - 1864 - Страниц: 210
...Herminius ; Of Titian blood was he : • I will abide on thy left side, And keep the bridge with thee.1 " ' Horatius,' quoth the Consul, ' As thou sayest, so...glorious to behold, Came flashing back the noonday light, Bank behind rank, like surges bright Of a broad sea of gold. Four hundred trumpets sounded A peal of... | |
 | Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1866 - Страниц: 408
...fairly portioned; Then spoils were fairly sold : The Romans were like brothers In the brave days of old. Meanwhile the Tuscan army, Right glorious to behold, Came flashing back the noonday li^'ht, Rank behind rank, like surges bright Of a broad sea of gold. Four hundred trumpets sounded... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1868 - Страниц: 288
...faction, In battle we wax cold : Wherefore men fight not as they fought In the brave days of old. xxxiv. Now while the Three were tightening Their harness...glorious to behold, Came flashing back the noonday light, Bank behind rank, like surges bright Four hundred trumpets sounded A peal of warlike glee, As that... | |
 | English poetry - 1869 - Страниц: 328
...and Herminius undertake to keep back the enemy from passing the bridge till it can be hewn down. ] Meanwhile the Tuscan army, Right glorious to behold,...broad sea of gold. Four hundred trumpets sounded A peel of warlike glee, As that great host, with measured tread, And spears advanced, and ensigns spread,... | |
 | School board readers - 1872 - Страниц: 328
...Commons, Seized hatchet, bar, and crow, And smote upon the planks above, And loosed the props below. Eight glorious to behold, Came flashing back the noonday light, Rank behind rank, like surges bright Meanwhile the Tuscan army, Of a broad sea of gold. Four hundred trumpets sounded A peal of warlike... | |
 | Anna Randall Diehl - 1872 - Страниц: 460
...quarrel Spared neither land nor gold, Nor son nor wife, nor limb nor life, In the brave days of old. Meanwhile the Tuscan army, Right glorious to behold, Came flashing back the noonday light, Bank behind rank, like surges bright Of a broad sea of gold. Four hundred trumpets sounded A peal of... | |
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