 The Three stood calm and silent, And looked upon the foes, And a great shout of laughter From all the vanguard rose : And forth three chiefs came spurring Before that deep array; To earth they sprang, their swords they drew, And lifted high their shields,...  Critical and Miscellaneous Essays - Page 290by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1854Full view - About this book
 | John Daniel Morell - 1874 - 336 pages
...advanced, and ensigns7 spread, Rolled slowly towards the bridge's head, where stood the dauntless Three. The Three stood calm and silent, and looked upon the foes, And a great shout of laughter from all the vanguard8 rose. But meanwhile axe and lever have manfully been plied,9 And now the bridge hangs tottering... | |
 | 1898 - 642 pages
...Or again in Macaulay's Lay of Horatius : " The threeistood calm find silent, And looked upon their foes ; And a great shout of laughter, From all the vanguard rose." Even the Lay of the Lake Kegillus, though far more bloodthirsty in its tone, has yet a touch of this... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1875 - 752 pages
...and ensigns spread, Rolled slowly towards the bridge's head, Where stood the dauntless Three. xxxvi. The Three stood calm and silent, And looked upon the...: And forth three chiefs came spurring Before that deep array ; To earth they sprang, their swords they drew, And lifted high their shields, and flew... | |
 | 1875 - 324 pages
...thou sayest, so let it be." And straight against that great array Went forth the dauntless Three. 14. The Three stood calm and silent And looked upon the...: And forth three chiefs came spurring Before that deep array; To earth they sprang, their swords they drew, And lifted Ligh their shields, and flew To... | |
 | 1876 - 564 pages
...and ensigns spread, Rolled slowly towards the bridge's head, Where stood the dauntless Three. XXXVL The Three stood calm and silent, And looked upon the...; And forth three chiefs came spurring Before that deep array ; To earth they sprang, their swords they drew, And lifted high their shields, and flew... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1875 - 660 pages
...spread, Rolled slowly towards the bridge's head, Where stood the dauntless Three, XXXVI. The Three Mood calm and silent, And looked upon the foes, And a great...: And forth three chiefs came spurring Before that deep array ; To earth they sprang, their swords they drew, And lifted high their shields, and flew... | |
 | Charles John Plumptre - 1876 - 418 pages
...advanced, and ensigns spread, Rolled slowly towards the bridge's head, Where stood the dauntless Three The Three stood calm and silent, And looked upon the...Before that mighty mass ; To earth they sprang, Their sivords they drew, And lifted high their shields, and flew To win the narrow pass. But all Etruria's... | |
 | Anna Randall Diehl - 1876 - 458 pages
...advanced, and ensigns spread, Rolled slowly toward the bridge's head, Where stood the dauntless Three. The Three stood calm and silent And looked upon the...rose: And forth three chiefs came spurring Before that deep array ; To earth they sprang, their swords they drew, And lifted high their shields, and flew... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 576 pages
...Henninius, — Of Titian blood was he : " I will abide on thy left side, And keep the bridge with thee." The three stood calm and silent, And looked upon the...; And forth three chiefs came spurring Before that deep array ; To earth they sprang, their swords they drew, And lifted high their shields, and flew... | |
 | Alfred Macleod - 1877 - 238 pages
...thou sayest, so let it be :" And straight against that great array forth went the dauntless Three. The Three stood calm and silent, and looked upon the...; And forth three chiefs came spurring before that great array, To earth they sprang, their swords they drew, and lifted high their shields, And flew... | |
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