 But the Consul's brow was sad, And the Consul's speech was low, And darkly looked he at the wall, And darkly at the foe. " 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...  The New Speaker. With an Essay on Elocution - Stran 135avtor: John Connery - 1861 - 395 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1866 - 408 strani
...events recorded : — But the Consul's brow was sad. And the Consul's speech was low, And darkly looked he at the wall, And darkly at the foe. " Their van...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... | |
 | Charles Bilton - 1866 - 264 strani
...THE TUSCAN ARMY. But the Consul's brow was sad, And the Consul's speech was low, And darkly looked he at the wall, And darkly at the foe. ' Their van...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... | |
 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1866 - 506 strani
...along the sky. " But the Consul's brow was sad, And the Consul's speech was low, And darkly looked he at the wall, And darkly at the foe. ' Their van...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... | |
 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1866 - 738 strani
...little fist. XXVI. But the Consul's brow was sad, And the Consul's speech was low, And darkly looked he at the wall, And darkly at the foe.. " Their van...once may win the bridge, What hope to save the town ? " XXVII. Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the Gate : " To every man upon this earth... | |
 | Robert Armstrong (master of Madras coll) - 1866 - 142 strani
...to the brim, Was aught ever heard like his fiddle and him ? THE HIGH TONE OF BRAVERY AND CONFIDENCE. Then out spake brave Horatius, The captain of the...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... | |
 | Penny readings - 1866 - 304 strani
...sepulchre there by the sea, In her tomb by the sounding sea. HORATICS KEEPS THE BRIDGE. LORD MACAULAY. THEN out spake brave Horatius, The captain of the...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... | |
 | 1866 - 532 strani
...Macaulay had these lines in his mind, when, in perhaps his finest ballad, he wrote : — Then outspake brave Horatius, The captain of the gate : ' To every...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 aged... | |
 | James Fleming - 1866 - 382 strani
...For, since Janiculum is lost, Nought else can save the town." ***** Then out spake brave Hpratius, The Captain of the Gate : " To every man upon this...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 Sods ? ***** " Hew down... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay - 1867 - 222 strani
...What hope to save the town ': n XXVII. Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the gate: j " 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, XXVIII. " And for... | |
 | Frank Moore - 1867 - 620 strani
...more solemn funeral never took place in the old town. The sorrow was universal. Loyal men thought : " To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late ; And where can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers, And the temples of... | |
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