XXXVI The Three stood calm and silent, And looked upon the foes, And a great shout of laughter From all the vanguard rose： And forth three chiefs came...
XXXV Meanwhile the Tuscan army, Right glorious to behold, Come flashing back the noonday light, Rank behind rank, like surges bright Of a broad sea of...
XXXIV Now while the Three were tightening Their harness on their backs, The Consul was the foremost man To take in hand an axe： And Fathers mixed with...
XXXIII Now Roman is to Roman More hateful than a foe, And the Tribunes beard the high, And the Fathers grind the low. As we wax hot in faction, In bat...
XXXII Then none was for a party； Then all were for the state； Then the great man helped the poor, And the poor man loved the great： Then lands were fa...
XXXI ``Horatius,'' quoth the Consul, ``As thou sayest, so let it be.'' And straight against that great array Forth went the dauntless ...
XXX Then out spake Spurius Lartius； A Ramnian proud was he： ``Lo, I will stand at thy right hand, And keep the bridge with thee.'' And out spa...
XXIX ``Haul down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may； I, with two more to help me, Will hold the foe in play. In yon strait path a thous...
XXVIII ``And for the tender mother Who dandled him to rest, And for the wife who nurses His baby at her breast, And for the holy maidens Who feed the ...
XXVII Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the Gate： ``To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late. And how can man die better Tha...