Tiber! father Tiber! To whom the Romans pray, A Roman's life, a Roman's arms, Take thou in charge this day ! ' So he spake, and speaking sheathed The good sword by his side, And with his harness on his back Plunged headlong in the tide. Critical and Miscellaneous Essays - Page 296by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1854Full view - About this book
| Walter Scott Dalgleish - 1872 - 274 pages
...The white porch of his home ; And he spake to the noble river That rolls by the towers of Rome. « ' Oh, Tiber ! father Tiber! To whom the Romans pray,...harness on his back, Plunged headlong in the tide. " No sound of joy or sorrow Was heard from either bank; But friends and foes in dumb surprise, With... | |
| 1872 - 514 pages
...the white porch of his home: And he spake to the noble river that rolls by the towers of Rome. " O Tiber ! father Tiber ! to whom the Romans pray, A...harness on his back, plunged headlong in the tide. 468 CHRTSOSTOM'S VINDICATION. No sound of joy or sorrow was beard from either bank : But friends and... | |
| John William Stanhope Hows - 1872 - 440 pages
...his home ; And he spake to the noble river That rolls by the towers of Roma "0 Tiber! father Tiber I To whom the Romans pray, A Roman's life, a Roman's arms, Take thou in charge this day 1 " So he spake, and speaking sheathed The good sword by his side, And, with his harness on his back,... | |
| Anna Randall Diehl - 1872 - 460 pages
...home; And he spake to the noble river That rolls by the towers of Rome. "Oh, Tiber I Father TiberI To whom the Romans pray, A Roman's life, a Roman's arms, Take thou in charge this day I " So he sps>ke, and, speaking, sheathed The good sword by his side, And with his harness on his back,... | |
| William Morley Punshon - 1873 - 400 pages
...The white porch of his home ; And he spake to the noble river That rolls by the towers of Rome. 81 "'Oh, Tiber! father Tiber! To whom the Romans pray,...harness on his back. Plunged headlong in the tide. " No sound of joy or sorrow Was heard from either bank ; But friends and foes in dumb surprise, With... | |
| George Walter Baynham - 1873 - 344 pages
...Palatinus the white porch of his home; And he spake to the noble river that rolls by the towers of Rome " Oh, Tiber ! father Tiber ! to whom the Romans pray,...harness on his back, plunged headlong in the tide. No sound of joy or sorrow was heard from either bank; But friends and foes in dumb surprise, With parted... | |
| William Bedell Stanford - 1873 - 122 pages
...white porch of his home, And he spake to the noble river That rolls by the towers of Rome : LIX. " O Tiber ! father Tiber ! To whom the Romans pray, A...harness on his back Plunged headlong in the tide. LX. No sound of joy or sorrow Was heard from either bank : But friends and foes in dumb surprise, With... | |
| John Celivergos Zachos - 1873 - 348 pages
...white porch of his home ; And he spake to the noble river That rolls by the towers of Rome : " 0 ! Tiber ! father Tiber ! To whom the Romans pray, A...speaking sheathed The good sword by his side, And, with hig harness on his back, Plunged headlong in the tide. No sound of joy or sorrowWas heard from either... | |
| Henry Major - 1873 - 164 pages
...white porch of his home ; And he spake to the noble river 1'hat rolls by the towers of Rome : — " 0 Tiber ! Father Tiber ! To whom the Romans pray, A...life, a Roman's arms, Take thou in charge this day." Horatius Codes, with two other Bomaus, kept a whole army from Borne, by deJending the entrance of a... | |
| Andrew Comstock - 1874 - 286 pages
...Horatius, But constant still in mind ; Thrice thirty thousand foes before, And the broad flood behind. " Oh, Tiber ! father Tiber ! To whom the Romans pray,...harness on his back, Plunged headlong in the tide. No sound of joy or sorrow Was heard from either bank ; But friends and foes, in dumb surprise, With... | |
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