LVI And, like a horse unbroken When first he feels the rein, The furious river struggled hard, And tossed his tawny mane, And burst the curb and bound...
LV 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...
LIV Back darted Spurius Lartius； Herminius darted back： And, as they passed, beneath their feet They felt the timbers crack. But when they turned thei...
LIII But meanwhile axe and lever Have manfully been plied； And now the bridge hangs tottering Above the boiling tide. ``Come back, come back, Horatius...
LII Thrice looked he at the city； Thrice looked he at the dead； And thrice came on in fury, And thrice turned back in dread： And, white with fear and ...
LI Yet one man for one moment Strode out before the crowd； Well known was he to all the Three, And they gave him greeting loud. ``Now welcome, welcome...
L Was none who would be foremost To lead such dire attack； But those behind cried, ``Forward！'' And those before cried, ``Back！'' And ...
XLIX 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 ghast...
XLVIII But at his haughty challange A sullen murmur ran, Mingled of wrath, and shame, and dread, Along that glittering van. There lacked not men of pr...
XLVII On Astur's throat Horatius Right firmly pressed his heel, And thrice and four times tugged amain, Ere he wrenched out the steel. ``And see,&...