 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
 | Readers - 1872 - 514 pages
...of triumph rose from the walls of Rome, As to the highest turret-tops was splashed the yellow foam. Alone stood brave Horatius, but constant still in...with a smile on his pale face, " Now yield thee," cried Lars Porsena, " now yield thee to onr grace." Round turned he, as not deigning those craven ranks... | |
 | Walter Scott Dalgleish - English language - 1872 - 274 pages
...the stream : And a long shout of triumph Rose from the walls of Rome, As to the highest turret-tops " Alone stood brave Horatius, But constant still in...broad flood behind. ' Down with him !' cried false Sextos, •With a smile on his pale face. ' Now yield thee,' cried Lars Porsena, ' Now yield thee to... | |
 | Anna Randall Diehl - Elocution - 1872 - 460 pages
...of triumph Rose from the walls of Rome, As to the highest turret-tops Was splashed the yellow foam. Alone stood brave Horatius, But constant still in...before, And the broad flood behind. " Down with him I " cried false Sexti'S, With a smile on his pale face. " Now yieldHhee," cried Lars Porsena, " Now... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - Readers - 1872 - 438 pages
...constant still in mind ; Thrice thiny thousand foes before, And the broad flood behind. "Down with him I " cried false Sextus, With a smile on his pale face. " Now yield thee," cried Lars Porsena, u Now yield thee to our grace." Round turn'd he, as not deigning Those craven ranks... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1873 - 906 pages
...free ; And whirling down, in fierce career, Battlement and plank and pier, Rushed headlong to the sea. cried Lars Porscna, "Now yield thee to our grace ! " Round turned he, as not deigning Those craven... | |
 | William Bedell Stanford - 1873 - 122 pages
...And, whirling down in fierce career Battlement and plank and pier, Rushed headlong to the sea. LVII. Alone stood brave Horatius, But constant still in...With a smile on his pale face. " Now yield thee," cried Lars Porsena, '' Now yield thee to our grace." LVIII. Round turned he, as not deigning Those... | |
 | George Walter Baynham - 1873 - 344 pages
...of triumph rose from the walls of Rome, As to the highest turret-tops was splashed the yellow foam. Alone stood brave Horatius, — but constant still...with a smile on his pale face. " Now yield thee!" cried Lars Porsena, " Now yield thee to our grace." Round turned he, — as not deigning those craven... | |
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 | William Morley Punshon - Sermons, English - 1873 - 400 pages
...of triumph Rose from the walls of Rome, As to the highest turret-tops Was splashed the yellow foam. "Alone stood brave Horatius, But constant still in...Sextus, With a smile on his pale face. 'Now yield thee,' cried Lars Porsena, 'Now yield thee to our grace.' " Round turned he, as not deigning Those craven... | |
 | John Celivergos Zachos - 1873 - 348 pages
...free; And whirling down, in fierce career, Battlement, and plank, and pier, Rushed headlong to the sea. Alone stood brave Horatius, But constant still in...With a smile on his pale face. " Now yield thee," cried Lars Porsena, "Now yield thee to our grace." Round turned he, as not deigning Those craven ranks... | |
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