 Alone stood brave Horatius, But constant still in mind ; Thrice thirty thousand foes before, And the broad flood behind. " Down with him ! " cried false Sextus, With a smile on his pale face. "Now yield thee," cried Lars Porsena,  English Lands, Letters and Kings ... - Page 268by Donald Grant Mitchell - 1897Full view - About this book
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