Courage and Cowards; Or, Who was the Bravest? A Book for Girls and Boys. [With Plates.]James Nisbet & Company, 1868 - 276 pages |
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Page 132 - The flames rolled on — he would not go Without his father's word; That father, faint in death below, His voice no longer heard. He called aloud: "Say, father, say If yet my task is done!" He knew not that the chieftain lay Unconscious of his son. "Speak, father!
Page 133 - And but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames rolled on. Upon his brow he felt their breath, And in his waving hair, And looked from that lone post of death In still yet brave despair. And shouted but once more aloud, "My father! must I stay?
Page 133 - once again he cried, " If I may yet be gone ! " And but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames roll'd on.
Page 133 - With mast, and helm, and pennon fair, That well had borne their part — But the noblest thing which perished there Was that young faithful heart...
Page 219 - Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Page 135 - It stands in the Comitium Plain for all folk to see; Horatius in his harness, Halting upon one knee : And underneath is written, In letters all of gold, How valiantly he kept the bridge In the brave days of old.
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