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Page 456 - close ; When the girls are weaving baskets, And the lads are shaping bows ; When the goodman mends his armour, And trims his helmet's plume ; When the goodwife's shuttle merrily Goes flashing through the loom ; With weeping and with laughter Still is the story told, How well Horatius kept the bridge In the brave days of old. There is
Page 449 - I will abide on thy left side, And keep the bridge with thee." " As thou sayest, so let it be." And straight against that great array, "Horatius," quoth the Consul, Forth went the dauntless Three ; For Romans, in Rome's quarrel, Spared neither
Page 451 - But, hark ! the cry is Astur : And lo ! the ranks divide ; And the great Lord of Luna Comes with his stately stride. Upon his ample shoulders Clangs loud the fourfold shield, And in his hand he shakes the brand Which none but he can wield. He smiled on those bold Romans A smile serene and high ; He eyed the flinching
Page 453 - Was splashed the yellow foam. And, like a horse unbroken, When first he feels the reign, The furious river struggled hard, And tossed his tawny mane ; And burst the curb, and bounded, Rejoicing to be free ; And whirling down in fierce career, Battlement, and plank, and pier, Rushed headlong to the sea.
Page 134 - tavern minstrels, that give a fit of mirth for a groat ; their matters being for the most part stories of old time, as ' The Tale of Sir Topas,' ' Bevis of Southampton,' • Guy of Warwick/ ' Adam Bell and Clymme of the Clough/ and such other old
Page 448 - But the Consul's brow was sad, And the Consul's speech was low, And darkly looked he at the wall, And darkly at the foe. " Their van will be upon us Before
Page 72 - Thus fell that incomparable young man, in the four and thirtieth year of his age, having so much dispatched the true business of life, that the eldest rarely attain to that immense knowledge, and the youngest enter not into the world with more innocency. Whosoever leads such a life, needs be the less anxious, upon how short a warning it is taken from him.
Page 450 - hurled down Aunus Into the stream beneath ; Herminius struck at Seins, And clove him to the teeth ; At Picus brave Horatius Darted one fiery thrust ; And the proud Umbrian's gilded arms Clashed in the bloody dust.
Page 394 - I got into the streets upon this Sunday morning, the air was so clear, the houses were so bright and gay ; the signboards were painted in such gaudy colours ; the gilded letters were so very golden ; the bricks were so very red, the stone was so very white, the blinds and area railings were so
Page 397 - saw that his lip trembled, and could have counted the beating of his heart. I forget how it came about, but some allusion was made to his having a wife. He shook his head at the word, turned aside, and covered his face with his hands.