 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 - Page 173by Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1900Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Kennedy Isbister - Oratory - 1870 - 420 pages
...Horatius !' loud cried the fathers all, ' Back, Lartius ! back, Herminius ! back, ere the ruin fall!' Back darted Spurius Lartius ; Herminius darted back...crack. But, when they turned their faces, and on the further shore Saw brave Horatius stand alone, they would have crossed once more. But with a crash like... | |
 | Philip Lawrence - Recitations - 1871 - 410 pages
...Horatius ! " loud cried the fathers all : " Back, Lartius ! back, Herminius ! back, ere the ruin fall ! " Back darted Spurius Lartius ; Herminius darted back...with a crash like thunder, fell every loosened beam, ?j Andt like a dam, the mighty wreck lay right athwart the stream. And a long shout of triumph rose... | |
 | Lewis Baxter Monroe - American literature - 1871 - 342 pages
...Loud cried the Fathers all ; " Back, Lar'tius ! back, Hermm'ius ' Back, ere the ruin fall J " VII. Back darted Spu'rius Lar'tius ; Herminius darted back...Horatius stand alone, They would have crossed once more. VIII. But, with a crash like thunder, Fell every loosened beam, And, like a dam, the mighty wreck Lay... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1871 - 664 pages
...Lartius ! back, Hermiuius I Back, ere the ruin fall ! " Liv. Back darted Spurius Lartius ; Hermintus darted back : And, as they passed, beneath their feet...Horatius stand alone, They would have crossed once more. Bat with a crash like thunder Fell every loosened beam, And, like a dam, the mighty wreck Lay right... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Readers and speakers - 1871 - 346 pages
...1 " • Romulus divided the Romans into three tribes, called Rhamnenaes, ensos, and Lucerenses. 7. Back darted Spu'rius Lartius ; Herminius darted back...crack. But when they turned their faces, And on the further shore Saw brave Horatius stand alone, They" would have crossed ouce more. 8. But, with a crash... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1871 - 760 pages
...Lartius! back, Herminius ! Back, ere the ruin fall! " LIV. Back darted Spurius Lartius; Hermiiiius darted back: And, as they passed, beneath their feet...timbers crack. But when they turned their faces, And 011 the farther shore Saw brave Horatius stand alone, They would have crossed once more. LV. But with... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English poetry - 1871 - 324 pages
...Horatius!" Loud cried the Fathers all. "Back, Lartius ! back, Herminius! Back, ere the ruin fall !" Uv. Back darted Spurius Lartius ; Herminius darted back : And, as they passed, beneath their l'ee> But when they turned their faces, And on the farther shore Saw brave Horatius stand alone, They... | |
 | American poetry - 1872 - 900 pages
...Horatius !" Loud cried the fathers all, — "Back, Lartius ! back, Herminias ! Back, ere the ruin fall ! " him, but the spark of life had fled, — The soldier...battlc-fleld, with bloody corses strewn ; Yes, calmly on that ever)' loosened beam, And, like a dam, the mighty wreck Lay right athwart the stream ; And a 1опд... | |
 | School board readers - 1872 - 328 pages
...Horatius ! " Loud cried the fathers til. "Back, Lartius! back, Heiminius! Back, ere the ruin fall! " Back darted Spurius Lartius ; Herminius darted back:...And on the farther shore Saw brave Horatius stand alrne, They would have crossed otce more. But with a crash like thunder Fell every loosener) beam,... | |
 | Anna Randall Diehl - Elocution - 1872 - 460 pages
...fall I " Back darted Spurius Lartius ; llorminms darted back : And, as they passed, beneath their fed They felt the timbers crack. But when they turned...the farther shore Saw brave Horatius stand alone, But with a crash like thunder Pell every loosened beam, And, like1 a dam, the mighty wreck Lay right... | |
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