 Their van will be upon 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 this earth Death cometh soon or late; And how can man...  Blackwood's Magazine - Стр. 6271847Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | Norman Chevers - 1852 - Страниц: 396
...moment in the days of Horatius and Curtius — yet, — " how can man die better, Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his gods ?" Now, human lives are wasted more basely than were even the lives of the retiarii and the myrmillones... | |
 | 1853 - Страниц: 848
...every man upon this earth Death comcth 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 ; " And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest ; And for the wife who nurses His baby at her... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1857 - Страниц: 320
...every man upon the 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 ? 2. " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, with all the speed ye may ; I, with two more to help me, will... | |
 | Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - Страниц: 338
...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 ? " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may ; I, with two more to help me, Will... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1857 - Страниц: 164
...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 ? " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may ; I, with two more to help me, Willhold... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1857 - Страниц: 428
...man upon the 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. " And for the tender mother " Who dandled him to rest, " And for the wife who nurses " His baby at... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1857 - Страниц: 350
...every man upon the 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? 2. " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, with all the speed ye may ; I, with two more to help me, will... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1860 - Страниц: 450
...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. "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 - Страниц: 176
...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, 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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