 | 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
...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...feed the' eternal flame, — To save them from false Sextns That wrought the deed of shame? " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may;... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English poetry - 1843 - 142 pages
...die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his Gods, 28. " And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest,...from false Sextus That wrought the deed of shame? 29. " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may; I, with two more to help me, Will... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1843 - 438 pages
...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, 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
...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, 28. " And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest, And for the wife who nurses His baby at her... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...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...breast, And for the holy maidens Who feed the eternal name, To save them from false Sextus That wrought the deed of shame ? " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul,... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pages
...every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late. And how can men 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 you may ; I, with two more to help me, Will hold... | |
 | 1870 - 494 pages
...Albert would repeat after me in a kind of rhapsody — " For how can man die better, Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his gods ?" I was living Merton days once more ; I was " Long Jim" (my nickname at Merton, because of my stature)... | |
 | Scotland - 1847 - 806 pages
...every man upon this earth Death cometh soon órlate; And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his gods?'" Not one other word should stout old Cooles have uttered, of apology for claiming to himself the post... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1851 - 424 pages
...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 you may ; i See note 1, p. 230. I, with two... | |
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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... 
