 | Samuel Stillman Greene - 1874 - Страниц: 336
...till your proud heart break, Go, show your slaves how choleric you are, And make your bondmen tremble. Then out spake brave Horatius, the captain of the...the ashes of his fathers and the temples of his gods ?" Truth crushed to earth shall rise again — The eternal years of God are hers ; But Error, wounded,... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1874 - Страниц: 798
...pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.1 History of England. Vol. i. Ch. 2. To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or...the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his gods ? Lays of Ancient Route. Horatius, xxvii. How well Horatius kept the bridge In the brave days of old.... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1874 - Страниц: 208
...bridge, What hope to save the town ? ' XXVII. Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the Grate : ' To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or...odds, For the ashes of his fathers, And the temples of Ids Gods, XXVIII. ' And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest, And for the wife who nurses... | |
 | John Daniel Morell - 1874 - Страниц: 336
...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 Gate, — " To every man upon b this earth death cometh soon or late : HOW HORATIUS KEPT THE BRIDGE. 139 And how can man die better... | |
 | 1875 - Страниц: 324
...Before the bridge goes down ; And if they once may win the bridge, What hope to save the town? " 10. Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the...ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his gods? 11. "Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may ; I, with two more to help me, Will... | |
 | Claire M. Tylee, Elaine Turner, Agnes Cardinal - 1999 - Страниц: 242
...Palestine. (POLLY clasps her hands.l POLLY And he a hero. Oh, Jack! EDIE (recitingl Then up spake hrave Horatius, The captain of the gate, To every man upon...earth Death cometh soon or late, And how can man die hetter Than facing fearful odds. For the ashes of his fathers, And the temple of his gods?" WIDOW TUESDAY... | |
 | Elizabeth M. Knowles - 1999 - Страниц: 1160
...marched to Rome. lays of Ancient Rome 1 1 842! 'Horatius' st. 8 5 And how can man die better Than lacing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his Gods? lays of Ancient Rome ( 1 842) 'Horatius' st. 27 6 Now who will stand on either hand, And keep the bridge... | |
 | James Harvey Kidd - 2001 - Страниц: 174
...in their country's cause we need not waste time in idle lamentation. They are indeed fortunate, for To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or...ashes of his fathers And the temples of his gods. NOTES 1. Kidd refers to a gathering of the Grand Army of the Republic, the principal Union veterans'... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale - 2001 - Страниц: 193
...will read this article, has read, and perhaps has told from the platform on " Declamation Day," that Then out spake brave Horatius The Captain of the Gate,...soon or late. And how can man die better Than facing dreadful odds For the ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his Gods ! " It would be rather an interesting... | |
 | Mary Whatley Clarke - 2003 - Страниц: 194
...his warriors fled. Like Horatius at the bridge, that gallant Cherokee warrior might well have said: "And how can man die better, /Than facing fearful...ashes of his fathers/ And the temples of his gods." But Horatius was more fortunate.1 He held his bridge. Chief Bowles died on that field of battle, and... | |
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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... 
