 | Frank Moore - 1866 - 654 ページ
...universal. Loyal men thought : " To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon 01 late ; And where can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the...ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his Gods ! " Indiana's Roll of Honor. INCIDENT OF CHICKAMAUGA. — On the first day of the engagement, Captain... | |
 | Laura Valentine - 1867 - 630 ページ
...Horatius, Th« captain of the gate, ' To every man upon this earth lii-iitl i cometh sunn or later. And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds For the ashes of his fathers And the temples or his Gods? " ' Hew down the bridge. Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may : I, with two more to help... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1868 - 828 ページ
...spectators.1 History of England. Vol. i. Ch. 2. To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late, And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds,...the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his gods ? Lays of Ancient Rome, Horatius, xxvii. How well Horatius kept the bridge In the brave days of old.... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 396 ページ
...before the bridge goes down ; And if they once may win the bridge, what hope to save the town ? " 2. And how can man die better than facing fearful odds,...ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his gods. ft. " Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, with all the speed ye may ; I, with two more to help me, will... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1869 - 596 ページ
...brave Horatius, The captain of the gate : " To every man upon this earth Death coineth soon or late. And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds,...ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his gods ? "And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest, And for the wife who nurses His baby at her breast,... | |
 | William Stewart Ross - 1869 - 452 ページ
...brave Horatius, The captain of the gate : " To every man upon the earth Death cometh soon or late. And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds,...ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his gods, And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest, And for the wife who nurses His baby at her breast."... | |
 | Alfred Henderson - 1869 - 526 ページ
...good fortune." Pro aris et focis. — For our altars and our hearths. " For God and our country." " How can man die better, Than facing fearful odds For...the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his gods ?" MACAULAY. Pro dignitate cuique tribuatur. Cic. — Let each man have according to his deserts. Pro... | |
 | Society of the Army of the James - 1869 - 266 ページ
...in battle they seemed infused with the spirit of the old Roman who in story shouted out the query: "How can man die better Than facing fearful odds For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of MM gods ':" To us belongs a fair share of the praise which the Lieutenant-. General, with characteristic... | |
 | Laura Valentine - 1869 - 216 ページ
...brave Iloratius, The captain of the gate, ' To every man upon this earth Death comcth soon or late.-. And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds For the ashes of his fathers And the temples or his Gods? " ' Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, „ With all the speed ye may: 1, with two more to... | |
 | 1872 - 848 ページ
...ontspake brave Horadm, The captain of the gate : ' To every man npon this earth Death cometh won or late. And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashen of his fathers. And the templed of his gods ? •" " May vie kill a thousand, and may the Lord... | |
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Their van will be upon us Before the bridge goes down; And if they once may win the bridge, What hope to save the town? ' Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the gate : 'To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late; And how can man... 
