 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...  The Christian Remembrancer - Page 2041843Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Society of the Army of the James - 1869 - 266 pages
...in battle they seemed infused with the spirit of the old Roman who in story shouted out the query: "How can man die better Than facing fearful odds For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of MM gods ':" To us belongs a fair share of the praise which the Lieutenant-. General, with characteristic... | |
 | William Stewart Ross - 1869 - 452 pages
...beauty, pale and wan, Martyr of love to man, And, like a broken flower, gently decay. HEROIC ANIMATION. Then out spake brave Horatius, The captain of the gate : " To every man upon the earth Death cometh soon or late. And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1870 - 340 pages
...The bridge must straight go down ; For, since Janic'ulum* is lost, Naught else can save the town." Then out spake brave Hora'tius, The Captain of the...ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his gods ? 2. " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed you may ; I, with two more to help me, Will... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1870 - 802 pages
...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 AncKut Roine. Horatius, xxvii. How well Horatius kept the bridge In the brave days of old.... | |
 | 1870 - 1108 pages
...the song of the old hero "who kept the bridge so well." "•Then out spake brave Horatius, The captam of the gate ; ' To every man upon this earth Death...fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers And the temple of his gods !'" The gulf is closed, but seams and scars like these remind us how imminent the... | |
 | George Tooker Hoare - 1870 - 304 pages
...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...every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late. Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may ; I, with two more to help me, Will hold... | |
 | Philip Lawrence - 1870 - 422 pages
...bridge goes down; And if they once may win the bridge, what hope to save the town?" Then out spoke brave Horatius, the captain of the gate: "To every man upon this earth death cometh, soon or late. Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, with all the speed ye may; I, with two more to help me, will hold... | |
 | 1870 - 766 pages
...Roman was ever ready to sacrifice himself for his country, exclaiming: How can a man die better Than by facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his gods ? The resolution is couched in the language of eulogy, and so it should be. This is no time to stop... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1871 - 346 pages
...The bridge must straight go down ; For, since Janic'ulum * is lost, Naught else can save the town." Then out spake brave Hora'tius, The Captain of the...ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his gods ? 2. " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, <X ir \^ <" _\ With all the speed you may ; -.vvs I, with two... | |
 | Lewis Baxter Monroe - 1871 - 342 pages
...since Janic'ulum is lost, Naught else can save the town." Then out spake brave Hora'tius, The Captaiu of the Gate : " To every man upon this earth Death...ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his gods? 11. " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed you may ; I, with two more to help me, Will... | |
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