 | 1847 - 798 pages
...has the effect of dilnting the strength those contained in the last two lines, of the passage. " ' And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest, And for the wife who nnrses Her baby at her breast ; And for the holy maidens Who feed the eternal flame, To save them from... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...man die better Than facing fearful odds For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his gods ? " And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest,...feed the' eternal flame, — To save them from false Sextns That wrought the deed of shame? " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may;... | |
 | 1842 - 416 pages
...man die better, Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his Gods. And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest...them from false Sextus That wrought the deed of shame ? Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may; I, with two more to help me, Will hold... | |
 | 1843 - 1266 pages
...man die better Than facing tearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his gods : And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest;...from false Sextus That wrought the deed of shame? Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may; 1, with two more to help me, AVill hold... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pages
...man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his gods, " And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest,...breast, And for the holy maidens Who feed the eternal name, To save them from false Sextus That wrought the deed of shame ? " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 pages
...man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathen And the temples of his gods, " And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest,...them from false Sextus That wrought the deed of shame .' " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may ; I, with two more to help me, Will... | |
 | 1847 - 806 pages
...interpolates another stanza, which has the effect of diluting the streTujJ.lv. of the passage. " ' And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest, And for the wife who nurses Her baby at her breast ; And for the holy maidens Who feed the eternal flame, To save them from false... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1849 - 224 pages
...better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his Gods, XXVIII. " And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest,...them from false Sextus That wrought the deed of shame ? XXIX. " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may ; I, with two more to help me,... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - 1852 - 438 pages
...man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his gods, And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest,...from false Sextus That wrought the deed of shame? Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may; I, with two more to help me, Will hold... | |
 | 1853 - 848 pages
...man die better Than facing fearful odds For the ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his gods ; " And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest...from false Sextus, That wrought the deed of shame ? " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may ; I, with two more to help me, Will... | |
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To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late; And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his Gods... 
