 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
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Rome - 1874 - 208 pages
...spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the Grate : ' 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 Ids Gods, XXVIII. ' And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest, And for the wife who nurses... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - American literature - 1875 - 660 pages
...spake brave Horntius, 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...mother Who dandled him to rest, And for the wife who nurse* His baby at her breast, And for the holy maidens Who feed the eternal flame, To save them from... | |
 | English poetry - 1876 - 564 pages
...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 ? XXVIIL " And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest, And for the wife who nurses His baby... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1875 - 890 pages
...pleasure to the spectators.2 Ibid. Vol. i. Ch. 3. To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late, And how can man die better Than facing fearful...the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his gods ? Lays of Ancient Rome. Horatius, xxvii. How well Horatius kept the bridge In the brave days of old.... | |
 | Readers - 1875 - 324 pages
...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? 11. "Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may ; I, with two more to help me, Will... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - Literature - 1875 - 246 pages
...spake brave Horatius, The captain of the gate : " To every man upon this earth Death conieth soon or late. And how can man die better Than facing fearful...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,... | |
 | John Chipman Hoadley - 1875 - 440 pages
...the first to guard the liberties his grandsire had helped us to gain; and, indeed, — " How could man die better Than facing fearful odds For the ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his gods ? " Mr. Gansevoort went with the New York Seventh Regiment on their famous three-months' service, and... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - Anthologies - 1875 - 240 pages
...the gate : " To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late. And how can man die better Thau facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his gods, " And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest, Aad for the wife who nurses His baby at her breast,... | |
 | Hugues Charles S. Cassal, Théodore Karcher - 1876 - 312 pages
...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, ' And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest, And for the wife who nurses His baby at her breast,... | |
 | T W M - 1876 - 264 pages
...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. " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may ; I, with two more to help me, Will hold... | |
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