| Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 页
...But the Consul's brow was sad, And the Consul's speech was low, And darkly looked he at the -.vail, And darkly at the foe: " Their van will be upon us...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 For the ashes... | |
| 1842 - 416 页
...execration greets Sextus ; but the consul despairs of destroying the bridge before the enemy comes on. " 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... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 142 页
...spate towards him and hissed; No child but screamed out curses, And shook its little fist. 26. But the Consul's brow was sad, And the Consul's speech...once may win the bridge, What hope to save the town?" 27. Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the gate: " To every man upon this earth Death cometh... | |
| 1843 - 1266 页
...woman But spat towards him and hissed; No child but screamed out curses, And shook its little fist. But the consul's brow was sad, And the consul's speech...Their van will be upon us Before the bridge goes down ; VOL. I. 20 And if they once may win the bridge, What hope to save the town?' Then out spake brave... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 438 页
...spate towards him and hissed; No child but screamed out curses, And shook its little fist. 26. But the Consul's brow was sad, And the Consul's speech was low, And darkly looked hi at the wall, And darkly at the foe. "Their van will be upon us Before the bridge goes down; And... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 页
...But spate towards him and hiss'd ; Mo child but acream'd out curses, And shook its little 6st. But the consul's brow was sad, And the consul's speech was low, And darkly look'd he at the wall, And darkly at the foe. " Their van will be upon us Before the bridge goes down... | |
| Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 页
...acquired the name of Subliciux from the wooden piles which supported it. After the achieveThen out spoke brave Horatius, 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... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 页
...But spate towards him and hiss'd ; No child but scream'd out curses, And shook its little fist. / But the consul's brow was sad, And the consul's speech was low, And darkly look'd he at the wall, And darkly at the foe. " Their van will be upon us Before the bridge goes down... | |
| Daniel Scrymgeour - 1851 - 424 页
...bullets they did send ; And may all other duels have That upshot in the end ! HOOD. OFFEK OF HORATIUS.1 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... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 页
...tell the camp what deeds are done in Kom«. 28. HORATIUS AT THE BRIDGE. — Adapted from Macmlay . THE Consul's brow was sad, and the Consul's speech...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... | |
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