 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.  Walks in Rome - Sida 155efter Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1874 - 678 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
...faces, And on the farther shore Saw. brave Horatius stand alone, They would have crossed once more. But with a crash like thunder Fell every loosened...highest turret-tops Was splashed the yellow foam. And like a horse unbroken When first he feels the rein, The furious river struggled hard, And tossed... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 sidor
...faces, And on the farther shore Saw brave Horatius stand alone, They would have crossed once more; But with a crash like thunder Fell every loosened...to the highest turret-tops Was splashed the yellow foatu. And like a horse unbroken. When first he feels the rein, The furious river struggled hard, And... | |
 | 1842 - 416 sidor
...bridge, and the floating of the ruin down the tide, are described in the following beautiful lines — " But with a crash like thunder Fell every loosened...highest turret-tops Was splashed the yellow foam. And, like a horse unbroken, When first he feels the rein, The furious river struggled hard, And tossed... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 142 sidor
...faces, And on the farther shore Saw brave Horatius stand alone, They would have crossed once more. 55. But with a crash like thunder Fell every loosened...highest turret-tops Was splashed the yellow foam. 56. And, like a horse unbroken When first he feels the rein, The furious river struggled hard, And... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Eliakim Littell - 1843 - 606 sidor
...faces, And on the farther shore Saw brave Horatius stand alone. They would have crossed once more. But with a crash like thunder Fell every loosened...highest turret-tops Was splashed the yellow foam. And, like a horse unbroken When first he feels the rein. . The furious river struggled hard, And tossed... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 438 sidor
...faces, And on the farther shore Saw brave Horatius stand alone, They would have crossed once more. 55. But with a crash like thunder Fell every loosened...highest turret-tops Was splashed the yellow foam. 56. And, like a horse unbroken When first he feels the rein, The furious river struggled hard, And... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 206 sidor
...faces, And on the farther shore Saw brave Horatius stand alone, They would have crossed once more. 55. But with a crash like thunder Fell every loosened...right athwart the stream : And a long shout of triumph Hose from the walls of Rome, As to the highest turret-tops Was splashed the yellow foam. 56. And, like... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew - 1843 - 604 sidor
...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...And, like a dam, the mighty wreck Lay right athwart tho stream : And a long shout of triumph Rose from the walle of Rome, As to the highest turret-tops... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 108 sidor
...faces, And on the farther shore Saw brave Horatius stand alone, They would have crossed once more. But with a crash like thunder Fell every loosened...highest turret-tops Was splashed the yellow foam. And, like a horse unbroken When first he feels the rein, The furious river struggled hard, And tossed... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 sidor
...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 wreck Lay right...the walls of Rome As to the highest turret-tops Was splash'd the yellow foam. And, like a horse unbroken When first he feels the rein, The furious river... | |
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