But all Etruria's noblest Felt their hearts sink to see On the earth the bloody corpses, In the path the dauntless Three : And, from the ghastly entrance Where those bold Romans stood, All shrank, like boys who unaware, Ranging the woods to start a hare,... A manual of English grammar - Page 83by James Alexander McMullen - 1860Full view - About this book
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1843 - 626 pages
...and their valiant resistance, are dashed off with great animation : — ' But all Etruria's noblest Felt their hearts sink to see On the earth the bloody...bold Romans stood, All shrank, like boys who unaware, Ringing the woods to start a hare, Come to the mouth of the dark lair Where, growling low, a fierce... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English poetry - 1843 - 142 pages
...of lordly race; For all Etruria's noblest Were round the fatal place. 49. But all Etruria's noblest Felt their hearts sink to see On the earth the bloody...low, a fierce old bear Lies amidst bones and blood. 50. Was none who would be foremost To lead such dire attack; But those behind cried "Forward!" And... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1843 - 438 pages
...of lordly race; For all Etruria's noblest Were round the fatal place. 49. But all Etruria's noblest Felt their hearts sink to see On the earth the bloody...low, a fierce old bear Lies amidst bones and blood. 60. Vfas none who would be foremost To lead such dire attack; But those behind cried "Forward!" And... | |
| English periodicals - 1843 - 648 pages
...Horatius,' we must point out the following genuine Homeric comparison : — " But all Etruria's noblest Felt their hearts sink to see On the earth the bloody...low, a fierce old bear Lies amidst bones and blood." The recompense of Horatius is in excellent contrast with the " moving accidents " of the rest of the... | |
| 1843 - 862 pages
...bad manner, and a bad specimen of that manner. " But all EtmriaV) noblest Felt their hearts shrink to see On the earth the bloody corpses. In the path...bold Romans stood, All shrank like boys who, unaware, (!) Hanging the woods to start a hare, (!!) Come to the mouth of the dark lair (!!!) We sincerely trust... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1843 - 624 pages
...from the ghastly entrance Where those bold Romans stood, All shrank, like boys who unaware, Ringing the woods to start a hare, Come to the mouth of the...growling low, a fierce old bear Lies amidst bones arid blood. Was none who would be foremost To lead such dire attack ; But those behind cried " Forward!... | |
| English poetry - 1844 - 108 pages
...try to force the passage, but are slain by Horaratius and his companions.] But all Etruria's noblest Felt their hearts sink to see On the earth the bloody...bold Romans stood, All shrank, like boys who unaware, Banging the woods to start a hare, Come to the mouth of the dark lair Where, growling low, a fierce... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...men of lordly race; For all Etruria's noblest Were round the fatal place. But all Etruria's noblest Felt their hearts sink to see On the earth the bloody...low, a fierce old bear Lies amidst bones and blood. Was none who could be foremost To lead such dire attack ; But those behind cried " Forward !" And those... | |
| Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pages
...magnificent bridge, built bv Augustus, is it-. great object of interest. But all Etruria's noblest Felt their hearts sink to see On the earth the bloody...Romans stood, All shrank, like boys who, unaware, Banging the woods to start a hare, Come to the mouth of the dark lair, Where, growling low, a fierce... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...men of lordly race; For all Etruria's noblest Were round the fatal place. Buf all Etruria's noblest Felt their hearts sink to see On the earth the bloody...low, a fierce old bear Lies amidst bones and blood. Was none who could be foremost To lead such dire attack ; But those behind cried " Forward !" And those... | |
| |