 | 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 pages
...axe and lever Have manfully been plied ; And now the bridge hangs tottering Above the boiling tide. " Come back, come back, Horatius ! " Loud cried the Fathers all. " Back, Lartius ! back, Herminiue! Back, ere the ruin fall!" Back darted Spurius Lartius; Herminius darted back : And, as they... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...axe and lever Have manfully been plied ; And now the bridge hangs tottering Above the boiling tide. " Come back, come back, Horatius!" Loud cried the Fathers...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... | |
 | 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 - 624 pages
...axe and lever Have manfully been plied ; And now the bridge hangs tottering Above the boiling tide. " Come back, come back, Horatius ! " Loud cried the...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... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Eliakim Littell - 1843 - 606 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 438 pages
...axe and lever Have manfully been plied, And now the bridge hangs tottering Above the boiling tide. " Come back, come back, Horatius!" Loud cried the Fathers...Lartius? back, Herminius! Back, ere the ruin fall!" 54. Back darted Spurius Lartius; Herminius darted back: And, as they passed, beneath their feet They... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 206 pages
...axe and lever Have manfully been plied ; And now the bridge hangs tottering Above the boiling tide. " Come back, come back, Horatius ! " Loud cried the...Lartius ! back, Herminius ! Back, ere the ruin fall ! " 54. Back darted Spurius Lartius ; Herminius darted back : And, as they passed, beneath their feet... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew - 1843 - 604 pages
...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... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 108 pages
...axe and lever Have manfully been plied ; And now the bridge hangs tottering Above the boiling tide. " Come back, come back, Horatius ! " Loud cried the...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... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pages
...axe and lever Have manfully been plied ; And now the bridge hangs tottering Above the boiling tide. " Come back, come back, Horatius !" Loud cried the Fathers...Spurius Lartius Herminius 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... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pages
...axe and lever Have manfully been plied, And now the bridge hangs tottering Above the boiling tide. " Come back, come back, Horatius '" Loud cried the Fathers...Spurius Lartius ; Herminius 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... | |
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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. 
