 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 Works of Lord Macaulay Complete - Page 469by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1871Full view - About this book
 | Edward Everett Hale - 2001 - 193 pages
...every man upon this earth Death cometh, soon or late. And how can man die better Than facing dreadful odds For the ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his Gods ! " It would be rather an interesting thing to compare the different stories about the three who held... | |
 | Gregory J. W. Urwin - History - 2002 - 784 pages
...out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the gate: "To every man upon this earth Death comedi soon or late. And how can man die better Than facing fearful...ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his Gods." Thomas Babington Macaulay, "Horatius,' from Lays of Ancient Rome I THE PLACE * * * * * I "AN EPIC THAT... | |
 | Mary Whatley Clarke - History - 2003 - 194 pages
...his warriors fled. Like Horatius at the bridge, that gallant Cherokee warrior might well have said: "And how can man die better, /Than facing fearful...ashes of his fathers/ And the temples of his gods." But Horatius was more fortunate.1 He held his bridge. Chief Bowles died on that field of battle, and... | |
 | Alfred L. Brophy - History - 2003 - 212 pages
...lost their heads and their hearts as well. Defending the Temples of Their Gods: Greenwood Bunkers Down And how can man die better, Than facing fearful odds,...ashes of his fathers And the temples of his gods? The Outlook59 But our boys who learned the lesson On the blood-stained soil of France How to fight... | |
 | Elizabeth Wittenmyer Lewis - Biography & Autobiography - 2002 - 289 pages
...speech with a stanza from Lord Macaulay's "Horatio at the Bridge." Death comes but once to all, Then how can man die better, Than facing fearful odds,...ashes of his fathers And the temples of his Gods? " Cheers resounded and officers offered their arms to escort Lucy about the camp. She made the most... | |
 | Herb Galewitz - Reference - 2003 - 68 pages
...to do his duty as God gave him the light to see that duty. Good-bye. DOUGLAS MACARTHUR And how can a man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his gods? THOMAS MACAU i AY A fatherland is an association on the same soil of the living and the dead, with... | |
 | Daurius Figueira - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 279 pages
...have to die for any country it is this country I have to die for—and how can man die better—'than facing fearful odds for the ashes of his fathers and the temples of his Gods?'" Capildeo has then no problem with affirming his nationality, his allegiance to Trinbago for him there... | |
 | Arapeta Awatere - Māori (New Zealand people) - 2003 - 548 pages
...Maaori. It is only in the dimensions thereof that people differ according to their respective cultures: And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of this fathers, And the temples of his gods? Thus spoke Lord Macauley of Horatius and his Roman attitude.2... | |
 | Raymond Buckland - Body, Mind & Spirit - 2003 - 356 pages
...Death To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late, And how can man die better Than lacing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his gods? — Horatius, Lays of Ancient Rome Wtches are probably better equipped than most other people to deal... | |
 | Ken Auletta - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 226 pages
...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...ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his gods. . . . Haul doum the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may; I, with two more to help me, Will... | |
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