 No sound of joy or sorrow Was heard from either bank; But friends and foes, in dumb surprise, With parted lips and straining eyes, Stood gazing where he sank; And when above the surges They saw his crest appear. All Rome sent forth a rapturous cry, And...  Critical and Miscellaneous Essays - Page 296by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1854Full view - About this book
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1869 - 596 pages
...sheathed The good sword by his side, And, with his 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 panting lip and straining eyes, Stood gazing where he sank ; And when above the surges They saw his... | |
 | Choice readings - 1869 - 262 pages
...round, and with one look at the white porch of his far-off home, he cast himself into the river. " No sound of joy or sorrow Was heard from either bank ; But friends and foes in dumb surprise, AVith parted lips and straining eyes, Stood gazing where he sank ; And when above the surges They saw... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1870 - 340 pages
...sheathed The good sword by his side, And, with his harness on his back, Plunged headlong in the tide. 12. No sound of joy or sorrow Was heard from either bank...the ranks of Tuscany Could scarce forbear to cheer. 3. " Out on him ! " quoth false Sextus ; " Will not the villain drown ? But for this stay, ere close... | |
 | George Tooker Hoare - 1870 - 304 pages
...round, and with one look at the white porch of his far-off home, he cast himself into the river. " No sound of joy or sorrow Was heard from either bank...lips and straining eyes, Stood gazing where he sank ; L And when above the surges They saw his crest appear, All Rome sent forth a rapturous cry, And even... | |
 | Philip Lawrence - 1870 - 422 pages
...sheathed the good sword by his side, And, with his 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, stood gazing where he sank, And when above the surges they saw his crest appear, Rome shouted, and... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1871 - 346 pages
...sheathed The good sword by his side, And, with his harness on his back, Plunged headlong in the tide. 12. No sound of joy or sorrow Was heard from either bank...the ranks of Tuscany Could scarce forbear to cheer. 3. " §ut «n him ! " qu»th false Sextus ; " Will n«t the villain drawn ? But for this stay, ere... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1871 - 324 pages
...sheathed The good sword by his side, And with his harness on his back, Plunged headlong in the tide. LX. No sound of joy or sorrow Was heard from either bank...the ranks of Tuscany Could scarce forbear to cheer LSI. But fiercely ran the current, Swollen high by months of rain j And fast his blood was flowing... | |
 | Mother Angela Gillespie - 1871 - 468 pages
...sheathed The good sword by his side, And, with his harness on his back, Plunged headlong in the tide. 4^ No sound of joy or sorrow Was heard from either bank;...the ranks of Tuscany Could scarce forbear to cheer. 6 But fiercely ran the current, Swollen high by months of rain ; And fast his blood* was flowing ;... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 pages
...sheathed The good sword by his side, And, with his harness on his back, Plunged headlong in the tide. lie, with her smile Not yet ended, rose up gayly, Tied the bonnet, donned the shoe, And But fiercely ran the current, Swollen high by months of rain, And fast his blood was flowing ; And... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1871 - 760 pages
...sheathed The good sword by his side, And with his harness on his back, Plunged headlong in the tide. LI. No sound of joy or sorrow Was heard from either bank;...the ranks of Tuscany Could scarce forbear to cheer. LXI. But fiercely ran the current, Swollen high by months of rain: And fast his blood was flowing ;... | |
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