 And still his name sounds stirring Unto the men of Rome, As the trumpet-blast that cries to them To charge the Volscian home; And wives still pray to Juno For boys with hearts as bold As his who kept the bridge so well In the brave days of old.  The Quarterly Review - Page 470edited by - 1843Full view - About this book
 | 1851
...positive agony. Leonidas and his Spartans, looking forward to a hot supper with Pluto — " the three who kept the bridge so well, in the brave days of old," opposed to the swelling masses of the Tuscan army — Cwurde Lion in the desert — or the Hero of... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1851 - 726 pages
...positive agony. Leonidas and his Spartans, looking forward to a hot supper with Pluto — " the three who kept the bridge so well, in the brave days of old," opposed to the swelling masses of the Tuscan army — Coeur de Lion in the desert — or the Hero of... | |
 | English literature - 1842 - 416 pages
...and spirited stanzas with which it concludes. The picture, at the end, seems to us to be perfect. " And still his name sounds stirring Unto the men of...the brave days of old. And in the nights of winter, When the cold north winds blow, And the long howling of the wolves Is heard amidst the snow ; When... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Armada, 1588 - 1843 - 206 pages
...is written, In letters all of gold, How valiantly he kept the bridge In the brave days of old. 67. And still his name sounds stirring Unto the men of...kept the bridge so well In the brave days of old. 68. And in the nights of winter, When the cold north winds blow, And the long howling of the wolves... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew - American periodicals - 1843 - 604 pages
...the brave days of old. And still his nnme sonnds stirring Unto the men of Rome, As the trnmpet-blast that cries to them To charge the Volscian home ; And...kept the bridge so well In the brave days of old. There is nothing in the Lays finer than th conclusion of this ballad, though the poetn may be of a... | |
 | 1843 - 862 pages
...sounds stirring Unto the men of Rome, As the trumpet blast that cries to them To charge the Volseian home. And wives still pray to Juno For boys with hearts...brave days of old. " And in the nights of winter, When the cold north winds blow, And the long howling of the wolves Is heard amidst the snow ; When... | |
 | English periodicals - 1843 - 652 pages
...underneath is written, In letters all of gold, How valiantly he kept the bridge In the brave days of old. " And still his name sounds stirring Unto the men of...the trumpet-blast that cries to them To charge the Volscians home ; And wives still pray to Juno For boys with hearts as bold As his who kept the bridge... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Eliakim Littell - 1843 - 606 pages
...underneath is written, In letters all of gold, How valiantly be kept the bridge, In the brave days of old. And still his name sounds stirring Unto the men of Rome, As the trumpet-blast thai cries to them To charge the Volscian home ; And wives still pray to Juno For boys with hearts... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1843 - 438 pages
...is written, In letters all of gold, How valiantly he kept the bridge In the brave days of old. 97. And still his name sounds stirring Unto the men of Rome, As the trumpet blast that cries to them To charge the Volscian home; And wives still pray to Juno For boys... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English poetry - 1843 - 142 pages
...is written, In letters all of gold, How valiantly he kept the bridge In the brave days of old. 97. And still his name sounds stirring Unto the men of Rome, As the trumpet blast that cries to them To charge the Volscian home; And wives still pray to Juno For boys... | |
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