 | 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... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - American literature - 1875 - 660 pages
...from false Sextus That wrought the deed of shame? XXIX. " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With ail the speed ye may ; I with two more to help me, Will hold the foe in play. 1 n yon strait path a thousand M,iy well be Mopped by three. Ni w who will stand on either hand, 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,... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard, Homer Baxter Sprague - Elocution - 1876 - 454 pages
...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...more to help me, Will hold the foe in play. In yon straight path a thousand May well be stopped by three : Now, who will stand on either hand, And keep... | |
 | Hugues Charles S. Cassal, Théodore Karcher - 1876 - 312 pages
...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...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,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1877 - 576 pages
...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...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,... | |
 | Michael F. Flynn, Michael Flynn - Fiction - 1997 - 910 pages
...'Then out spoke 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...ashes of his fathers and the temples of his gods.' " He turned and gave a fierce look at the others in the playground. Azim traded a glance with Jo-jo.... | |
 | Robin Fox - Social Science - 1997 - 236 pages
...Town?" 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...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,... | |
 | Noel Annan - Biography & Autobiography - 1997 - 300 pages
...defied the Nazis in 1940 when they threatened to cross the bridge and who echoed Horatius in thinking: And how can man die better, Than facing fearful odds,...ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his Gods? Nor is it wrong to see Roosevelt, the American Scipio, as the man who gave hope to his countrymen during... | |
 | Robert Andrews - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1997 - 666 pages
...England. The words were frequently recalled in the years of low wages and unemployment that followed. 21 And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds,...ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his Gods? THOMAS BABINGTON MAcAuLAY, (1800-1859) British historian, Whig politician. "Horatius," st. 27, Lays... | |
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Their van will be upon us Before the bridge goes down; And if they once may win the bridge, What hope to save the town? ' 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... 
