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. Warren's Reading Selection - Page 395by M. Josephine Warren - 1879 - 408 pagesFull view - About this book
| England - 1847 - 798 pages
...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 - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...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 fearful odds...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... | |
| English literature - 1842 - 416 pages
...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,...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... | |
| 1843 - 862 pages
...her breast ; And for the holy maidens Who feed the eternal flame, To save them from false Sextus, " ' Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed...in play. In yon straight path a thousand May well he stopped by three ; Now who will stand on either hand And keep the bridge with me ? ' " Larlius and... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1843 - 438 pages
...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,...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... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Armada, 1588 - 1843 - 206 pages
...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,...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 - 1266 pages
...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;... | |
| Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pages
...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...Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed you may ; I, with two more to help me, Will hold the foe in play. In yon strait path a thousand May... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...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,...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 - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...the bridge, What hope to save the town ?" " 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 fathen And the temples of his gods, " And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest, And for the... | |
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