 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...  Lays of Ancient Rome - Стр. 56авторы: Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1849 - Страниц: 210Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | 1847 - Страниц: 798
...every man npon this earth Death cometh soon or late ; And how can man die better Than facing fearfnl odds, For the ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his gods?'" Not one other word shonld stont which mnst have gone home at once old Cocles have nttered, of apology... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - Страниц: 1022
...Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the gate: " To every man upon this earth Death comcth soon or late. And how can man die better Than facing...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... | |
 | 1842 - Страниц: 416
...execration greets Sextus ; but the consul despairs of destroying the bridge before the enemy comes on. " 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... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - Страниц: 438
...Before the bridge goes down; And if they once may win the bridge, What hope to save the town?" 27. Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the...ashes of his fathers And the temples of his Gods, 28. " And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest, And for the wife who nurses His baby at her... | |
 | 1843 - Страниц: 1266
...every man upon this earth Drath cometh soon or late. And how can man die better Than facing tearful odds, For 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;... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - Страниц: 558
...us Before the bridge goes down ; And if they once may win the bridge, What hope to save the town 1" 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,... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - Страниц: 540
...The captain of the gate : " To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late. And how can men die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his Gods. " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed you may ; I, with two more to help me, Will hold... | |
 | 1847 - Страниц: 806
...bold Horatius, The captain of the gate : ' To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon órlate; And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds,...ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his gods?'" Not one other word should stout old Cooles have uttered, of apology for claiming to himself the post... | |
 | 1870 - Страниц: 494
...Regillus," or " Horatius Codes," and then Albert would repeat after me in a kind of rhapsody — " For how can man die better, Than facing fearful odds,...ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his gods ?" I was living Merton days once more ; I was " Long Jim" (my nickname at Merton, because of my stature)... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1851 - Страниц: 424
...bullets they did send ; And may all other duels have That upshot in the end ! HOOD. OFFEK OF HORATIUS.1 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 you may ; i See note 1, p. 230. I, with two... | |
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