Back darted Spurius Lartius; Herminius darted back: And, as they passed, beneath their feet They felt the timbers crack. But when they turned their faces, And on the farther shore Saw brave Horatius stand alone, They would have crossed once more. Our Visit to Rome; with Notes by the Way - Sida 90efter John Rhodes (Wesleyan Minister.) - 1876 - 214 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1843 - 626 sidor
...Horatius ! " Loud cried the Fathers all. " Back, Lartius ! back, Herminiue! Back, ere the ruin fall!" Back darted Spurius Lartius; Herminius darted back...alone, They would have crossed once more. But with a crash like thunder Fell every loosened beam, And, like a dam, the mighty wreck Lay right athwart the... | |
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 sidor
...Horatius!" Loud cried the Fathers all — "Back, Lartius! back, Herminius! Back, ere the ruin fall! " Back darted Spurius Lartius — Herminius darted back;...alone, They would have crossed once more; But with a crash like thunder Fell every loosened beam, And, like a dam, the mighty wreck Lay right athwart the... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 438 sidor
...Horatius!" Loud cried the Fathers all. " Back, Lartius? back, Herminius! Back, ere the ruin fall!" 54. Back darted Spurius Lartius; Herminius darted back:...Horatius stand alone, They would have crossed once more. 55. But with a crash like thunder Fell every loosened beam, And, like a dam, the mighty wreck Lay right... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 206 sidor
...! " Loud cried the Fathers all. " Back, Lartius ! back, Herminius ! Back, ere the ruin fall ! " 54. Back darted Spurius Lartius ; Herminius darted back...Horatius stand alone, They would have crossed once more. 55. But with a crash like thunder Fell every loosened beam, And, like a dam, the mighty wreck Lay right... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Eliakim Littell - 1843 - 606 sidor
...back to the side of Rome and of safety, we again take up the ballad. Back darted Spurius Lnrtius ; Herminius darted back : And, as they passed, beneath...alone. They would have crossed once more. But with a crash like thunder Fell every loosened beam, And, like a dam, the mighty wreck Lay right athwart the... | |
| John Holmes Agnew - 1843 - 604 sidor
...passed, beneath their feet TUi'y felt the timbers crack. But wlien they turned their faces, And on i in- farther shore Saw brave Horatius stand alone. '' They would have crossed once more. But with a crash like thunder Fell every loosened beam, And, like a dam, the mighty wreck Lay right athwart tho... | |
| English poetry - 1844 - 108 sidor
...Horatius ! " Loud cried the Fathers all. " Back, Lartius ! back, Herminius ! Back, ere the ruin fall ! " Back darted Spurius Lartius ; Herminius darted back...alone, They would have crossed once more. But with a crash like thunder Fell every loosened beam, And, like a dam, the mighty wreck Lay right athwart the... | |
| Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 sidor
...darted back : And, as they pass'd, beneath their feet They felt the timbers crack, But when they turn'd their faces, And on the farther shore Saw brave Horatius stand alone, They would have cross'd once more. But with a crash like thunder Fell every loosen'd beam, And, like a dam, the mighty... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 sidor
...darted back : And, as they pass'd, beneath their feet They felt the timbers crack. But when they tum'd their faces, And on the farther shore Saw brave Horatius stand alone, They would have cross'd once more. But with a crash like thunder Fell every loosen'd beam, And, like a dam, the mighty... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 sidor
...darted back : And, as they pass'd, beneath their feet They felt the timbers crack. But when they turn'd their faces, And on the farther shore Saw brave Horatius stand alone, They would have cross'd once more. But with a crash like thunder Fell every loosen'd beam, And, like a dam, the mighty... | |
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