 Curse on him !" quoth false Sextus ; " Will not the villain drown ? But for this stay, ere close of day We should have sacked the town !" " Heaven help him !" quoth Lars Porsena, " And bring him safe to shore ; For such a gallant feat of arms Was never...  Littell's Living Age - Page 3371853Full view - About this book
 | English literature - 1842 - 416 pages
...sinking, But still aguin he rose. Never, I ween, did swimmer, In such an evil case, Struggle thro' such a raging flood Safe to the landing-place : But...And our good father Tiber Bare bravely up his chin. • * « • And now he feels the bottom ; Now on dry earth he stands ; Now round him throng the Fathers... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew - American periodicals - 1843 - 604 pages
...forth a rapturous cry , • And even the ranks of Tuscany Could scarce forbear to cheer. * * * * Never, I ween, did swimmer, In such an evil case, Struggle...raging flood Safe to the landing-place : But his limbs wire borne up bravely By the brave heart within, And our good father Tiber Care bravely up his chin.... | |
 | 1843 - 862 pages
...did swimmer, In such an evil case, Struggle through such a raging flood Safe to the landing place. But his limbs were borne up bravely By the brave heart...And our good father Tiber Bare bravely up his chin." At length he is safe on the other side, and passes from our sight, beneath " the river gate, borne... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Armada, 1588 - 1843 - 206 pages
...And spent with changing blows : And oft they thought him sinking, But still again he rose. 62. Never, I ween, did swimmer, In such an evil case, Struggle through such a raging flood Safe to the landing place : But his limbs were borne up bravely By the brave heart within, And our good father... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1843 - 438 pages
...And spent with changing blows: And oft they thought him sinking, But still again he rose. 62. Never, I ween, did swimmer, In such an evil case, Struggle through such a raging flood Safe to the landing place: But his limbs were borne up bravely By the brave heart within, And our good father Tiber... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 108 pages
...armour, And spent with changing blows : And oft they thought him sinking, But still again he rose. Never, I ween, did swimmer, In such an evil case, Struggle through such a raging flood Safe to the landing place : But his limbs were borne up bravely By the brave heart within, And our good father... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...armour, And spent with changing blows: And oft they thought him sinking, But still again he rose. Never, I ween, did swimmer, In such an evil case, Struggle...limbs were borne up bravely By the brave heart within, 2G And our good father Tiber Bare bravely up his chin. « Curse on him !" quoth false Sextos; " Will... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pages
...armour, And spent with changing blows : And oft they thought him sinking But still again he rose. Never, I ween, did swimmer, In such an evil case, Struggle through such a raging flood Safe to the landing place : But his limbs were borne up bravely By the brave heart within, And our good father... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...armour, And spent with changing blows : And oft they thought him sinking, But still again he rose. Never, I ween, did swimmer, In such an evil case, Struggle...landing-place. But his limbs were borne up bravely And our good father Tiber Bore bravely up his chin. " Curse on him !" quoth false Sextus; " Will not... | |
 | Walter McLeod - 1850 - 170 pages
...armour, And spent with changing blows: And oft they thought him sinking, But still again he rose. Never, I ween, did swimmer, In such an evil case, Struggle through such a raging flood Safe to the landing place : But his limbs were borne up bravely By the brave heart within, And our good father... | |
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