 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
 | Calvin Noyes Kendall - 1922 - 380 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;...dumb surprise, With parted lips and straining eyes, And when above the surges They saw his crest appear, All Rome sent forth a rapturous cry, And even... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1925 - 424 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,...lips and straining eyes, Stood gazing where he sank ; POEMS OF PATRIOTISM AND FREEDOM. They saw his crest appear, All Rome sent forth a rapturous cry,... | |
 | Edwin Markham - 1927 - 402 pages
...day!" So he spake, and speaking sheathed The good sword by his side. And with his harness on his back, No sound of joy or sorrow Was heard from either bank;...the ranks of Tuscany Could scarce forbear to cheer. "Curse on him!" quoth false Sextus; "Will not the villain drown? But for this stay, ere close of day... | |
 | 1926 - 780 pages
...he spake, and, speaking, sheathed The good sword by his side, And with his harness on his back, IX. 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; And... | |
 | Melvin Everett Haggerty - 1927 - 586 pages
...sheathed The good sword by his side, And with his harness on his back, Plunged headlong in the tide. 32 No sound of joy or sorrow Was heard from either bank...the ranks of Tuscany Could scarce forbear to cheer. 33 But fiercely ran the current, Swollen high by months of rain : And fast his blood was flowing, And... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1928 - 204 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. LXI But fiercely ran the current, Swollen high by months of rain : And fast his blood was flowing ;... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1899 - 120 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...Stood gazing where he sank ; And when above the surges 59* They saw his crest appear, All Rome sent forth a rapturous cry, And even the ranks of Tuscany Could... | |
 | 1883 - 228 pages
...crashing bars, Of iron and of oak. ยป XXXIIL No sound of joy or sorrow Was heard around the place, But friends and foes in dumb surprise, With parted lips and straining eyes, Stood gazing in his face. XXIV. Forth with a shout sprang Sanders To raise him up again, But Silver lifted high... | |
 | Patricia Fanthorpe - 2000 - 248 pages
...horde. For a long, long moment there was no sign of the gallant Roman hero, and in Macaulay's words: No sound of joy or sorrow Was heard from either bank,...lips and straining eyes, Stood gazing where he sank. Horatius, despite his wounds and the weight of his armour, made it safely back to Rome where he was... | |
 | John Waller - 2004 - 324 pages
...armour, Horatio plunged beneath the surface of the Tiber. A stunned calm fell upon Rome and her enemies: No sound of joy or sorrow Was heard from either bank;...the ranks of Tuscany Could scarce forbear to cheer. Horatio lives! Swimming back to the Roman shore, his feat of daring and courage momentarily united... | |
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