XXIV Fast by the royal standard, O'erlooking all the war, Lars Porsena of Clusium Sat in his ivory car. By the right wheel rode Mamilius, Prince o...
XXV But when the face of Sextus Was seen among the foes, A yell that rent the firmament From all the town arose. On the house-tops was no woman But sp...
XXVI But the Consul's brow was sad, And the Consul's speech was low, And darkly looked he at the wall, And darkly at the foe. ``Their van will...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
XXXI ``Horatius,'' quoth the Consul, ``As thou sayest, so let it be.'' And straight against that great array Forth went the dauntless ...
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...
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...