 But with a crash like thunder Fell every loosened beam, And, like a dam, the mighty wreck Lay right athwart the stream: And a long shout of triumph Rose from the walls of Rome, As to the highest turret-tops Was splashed the yellow foam.  The Children's Book of Ballads - Seite 20von Mary Wilder Tileston - 1883 - 289 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 Seiten
...darted Spurius Lartius — Herminius darted back; And, as they passed, beneath their feet They felt the timbers crack. But when they turned their faces,...to the highest turret-tops Was splashed the yellow foatu. And like a horse unbroken. When first he feels the rein, The furious river struggled hard, And... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 142 Seiten
...faces, And on the farther shore Saw brave Horatius stand alone, They would have crossed once more. 55. But with a crash like thunder Fell every loosened...highest turret-tops Was splashed the yellow foam. 56. And, like a horse unbroken When first he feels the rein, The furious river struggled hard, And... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew - 1843 - 604 Seiten
...passed, beneath their feet TUi'y felt the timbers crack. But wlien they turned their faces, And on i in- farther shore Saw brave Horatius stand alone. '' They...And, like a dam, the mighty wreck Lay right athwart tho stream : And a long shout of triumph Rose from the walle of Rome, As to the highest turret-tops... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 438 Seiten
...Back darted Spurius Lartius; Herminius darted back: And, as they passed, beneath their feet They felt the timbers crack. But when they turned their faces,...Horatius stand alone, They would have crossed once more. 55. But with a crash like thunder Fell every loosened beam, And, like a dam, the mighty wreck Lay right... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 206 Seiten
...darted Spurius Lartius ; Herminius darted back : And, as they passed, beneath their feet They felt the timbers crack. But when they turned their faces,...Horatius stand alone, They would have crossed once more. 55. But with a crash like thunder Fell every loosened beam, And, like a dam, the mighty wreck Lay right... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 Seiten
...darted back : And, as they pass'd, beneath their feet They felt the timbers crack, But when they turn'd their faces, And on the farther shore Saw brave Horatius stand alone, They would have cross'd once more. But with a crash like thunder Fell every loosen'd beam, And, like a dam, the mighty... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 Seiten
...darted back : And, as they pass'd, beneath their feet They felt the timbers crack. But when they tum'd their faces, And on the farther shore Saw brave Horatius stand alone, They would have cross'd once more. But with a crash like thunder Fell every loosen'd beam, And, like a dam, the mighty... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 Seiten
...darted back : And, as they pass'd, beneath their feet They felt the timbers crack. But when they turn'd their faces, And on the farther shore Saw brave Horatius stand alone, They would have cross'd once more. But with a crash like thunder Fell every loosen'd beam, And, like a dam, the mighty... | |
 | 1847 - 758 Seiten
...defenders ; two of three however darted back, just as it was falling, and Horatius alone was left. But with a crash like thunder Fell every loosened...triumph Rose from the walls of Rome, As to the highest turret tops Was splashed the yellow foam. And like a horse unbroken, When first he feels the rein,... | |
 | Walter McLeod - 1850 - 170 Seiten
...darted back: And, as they pass'd, beneath their feet They felt the timbers crack. But when they turn'd their faces, And on the farther shore Saw brave Horatius stand alone, They would have cross'd once more. But with a crash like thunder Fell every loosen'd beam, And, like a dam, the mighty... | |
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