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" No sound of joy or sorrow Was heard from either bank ; But friends and foes in dumb surprise, With parted lips and straining eyes, Stood gazing where he sank; And when above the surges They saw his crest appear, All Rome sent forth a rapturous cry, And... "
Reading-literature : Sixth Reader: Adapted and Graded by Harriette Taylor ... - Page 102
by Harriette Taylor Treadwell - 1915 - 416 pages
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 71

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1843 - 626 pages
...straining eyes, Stood gazing where he sank ; And when above the surges They saw his crest appear, All Rome sent forth a rapturous cry, And even the ranks of Tuscany Could scarce forbear to cheer.' — pp. 6*7-72. The reward of Horatius is thus given; and, in our judgment, happily suggests the simplicity...
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The London University Magazine, Volume 1

1842 - 416 pages
...And when above the surges They saw his crest appear, All Rome sent forth a rapt'rous cry, And e'en the ranks of Tuscany Could scarce forbear to cheer. But fiercely ran the current, Swoll'n high by months of rain : And fast his blood was flowing ; And he was sore in pain, And heavy...
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Lays of Ancient Rome

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 206 pages
...Rome sent forth a rapturous cry, And even the ranks of Tuscany .Could scarce forbear to cheer. 61. But fiercely ran the current, Swollen high by months...flowing ; And he was sore in pain, And heavy with his armour, And spent with changing blows : And oft they thought him sinking, But still again he rose....
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Lays of Ancient Rome

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 142 pages
...straining eyes, Stood gazing where he sank; And when above the surges They saw his crest appear, All Rome sent forth a rapturous cry, And even the ranks of Tuscany Could scarce forbear to cheer. 61. But fiercely ran the current, Swollen high by months of rain: And fast his blood was flowing; And...
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Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volume 4

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 438 pages
...straining eyes, Stood gazing where he sank; And when above the surges They saw his crest appear, All Rome sent forth a rapturous cry, And even the ranks of Tuscany Could scarce forbear to cheer. 61. But fiercely ran the current, Swollen high by months of rain: And fast his blood was flowing; And...
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American Eclectic and Museum of Literature, Science, and Art, Volume 1

John Holmes Agnew - 1843 - 604 pages
...straining eyes, Stnnd gazing where he sunk ; And when above the surges They saw his crest appear, All Rome sent 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 through such a raging flood Safe...
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English poetry, for use in the schools of the Collegiate institution ...

English poetry - 1844 - 108 pages
...straining eyes, Stood gazing where he sank ; And when above the surges They saw his crest appear, All Rome sent forth a rapturous cry, And even the ranks of...flowing ; And he was sore in pain, And heavy with his armour, And spent with changing blows : And oft they thought him sinking, But still again he rose....
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The Poets and Poetry of England, in the Nineteenth Century

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pages
...straining eyes, Stood gazing where he sank: And when above the surges They saw his crest appear, All Rome sent forth a rapturous cry, And even the ranks of...flowing ; And he was sore in pain, And heavy with his armour, And spent with changing blows: And oft they thought him sinking, But still again he rose. Never,...
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The Modern Poetical Speaker; Or, a Collection of Pieces Adapted for ...

Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pages
...And when above the surges They saw his crest appear, All Rome sent forth a rapturous cry, And ev'n the ranks of Tuscany Could scarce forbear to cheer. But fiercely ran the current, Swoln high by months of rain ; And fast his blood was flowing, And he was sore in pain; 1 Lori —...
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The Poets and Poetry of England: In the Nineteenth Century

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 pages
...straining eyes, Stood gazing where he sank : And when above the surges They saw his crest appear, All Rome sent forth a rapturous cry, And even the ranks of...flowing ; And he was sore in pain, And heavy with his armour, And spent with changing blows : And oft they thought him sinking, But still again he rose....
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