 Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may; I, with two more to help me, Will hold the foe in play. In yon strait path a thousand May well be stopped by three. Now, who will stand on either hand, And keep the bridge with me?" Then out...  Annual Report of the Commissioners ... - Page 651906Full view - About this book
 | English literature - 1842 - 416 pages
...Who feed the eternal flame, To save them from false Sextus That wrought the deed of shame ? Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may;...May well be stopped by three, Now who will stand on either hand, And keep the bridge with me ?" Lartius and Herminius offer to share the dangers of Horatius,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English poetry - 1843 - 142 pages
...feed the eternal flame, To save them from false Sextus That wrought the deed of shame? 29. " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may;...May well be stopped by three. Now who will stand on either hand, And keep the bridge with me?" 30. Then out spake Spurius Lartius; A Ramnian proud was... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1843 - 438 pages
...feed the eternal flame, To save them from false Sextus That wrought the deed of shame? 29. " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may;...May well be stopped by three. Now who will stand on either hand, And keep the bridge with me?" 30. Then out spake Spurius Lartius; A Ramnian proud was... | |
 | 1843 - 1266 pages
...With all the speed ye may; 1, with two more to help me, AVill hold tin- foe in play. In yon straight path a thousand May well be stopped by three.' ' Now who will stand on either hand, And keep the bridge with me?' Tben out spake Spurius Lartius ; A Ramnian proud was he:... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...Who feed the eternal name, To save them from false Sextus That wrought the deed of shame ? " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may...in play. In yon strait path a thousand May well be stopp'd by three. Now who will stand on either hand, And keep the bridge with mel" Then out spake Spurius... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pages
...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 the foe...in play. In yon strait path a thousand May well be stopp'd by three ; Now who will stand on either hand, And keep the bridge with me ?" Then out spake... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...feed the eternal flame, To save them from false Sextus That wrought the deed of shame .' " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may...in play. In yon strait path a thousand May well be stopp'd by three. Now who will stand on either hand, And keep the bridge with me ?" Then out spake... | |
 | English essays - 1847 - 758 pages
...&c. The Romans agree, as the only means of stopping the invaders, to hew down the bridge. " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may,...two more to help me, Will hold the foe in play. In yond straight path a thousand May well be stopped by three. Now who will stand on either hand, And... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1847 - 760 pages
...&c. The Romans agree, as the only means of stopping the invaders, to hew down the bridge. " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may, I, with two more to help me, Will hold the fc« in play. In yond straight path a thousand May well be stopped by three. Now who will stand on... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English poetry - 1849 - 224 pages
...the eternal flame, To save them from false Sextus That wrought the deed of shame ? XXIX. " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may...hold the foe in play. In yon strait path a thousand Alay well be stopped by three. Now who will stand on either hand, And keep the bridge with me?" XXX.... | |
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