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The second Poetical reading book, compiled, with notes, by W. McLeod - Page 118
edited by - 1850
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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) - English literature - 1843 - 626 pages
...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...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 Cambridge Book of Poetry and Song

Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...friends and foes in dumb surprise, With parted lips and straining eyes, Stood gazing where he sank; Ami when above the surges They saw his crest appear, All...flowing; And he was sore in pain, And heavy with his armor. And spent with changing blows; And oft they thought him sinking, But still again he rose. Never,...
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The London University Magazine, Volume 1

English literature - 1842 - 416 pages
...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...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,...
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Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volume 4

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1843 - 438 pages
...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...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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Lays of Ancient Rome

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Armada, 1588 - 1843 - 206 pages
...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...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 ;...
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The Eclectic Museum of Foreign Literature, Science and Art, Volume 1

John Holmes Agnew, Eliakim Littell - 1843 - 606 pages
...or sorrow Was heard from either bank ; But friends and foes, in dumb surprise, With parted lipa antl straining eyes, Stood gazing where he sank ; And when...the ranks of Tuscany Could scarce forbear to cheer. # * * * Never, I ween, did swimmer, Jn such an evil caso, Struggle through such a raging flood Sale...
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American Eclectic and Museum of Literature, Science, and Art, Volume 1

John Holmes Agnew - American periodicals - 1843 - 604 pages
...friends and foes, in dumb surprise, With parted lips and straining eyes, Stnnd gazing where he sunk ; And when above the surges They saw his crest appear,...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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The Modern Poetical Speaker; Or, a Collection of Pieces Adapted for ...

Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pages
...bank ; But friends and foes in dumb surprise, With parted lips and straining eyes, Stood gazing when he sank ; 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...
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Lays of Ancient Rome

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English poetry - 1849 - 224 pages
...bank ; V 4 But friends and foes in dumb surprise, < W-T_. ^ With parted lips and straining eye?, BE Stood gazing where he sank ; And when above the surges...the ranks of Tuscany Could scarce forbear to cheer. LXI. But fiercely ran the current, Swollen high by months of rain : And fast his blood was flowing...
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The New American Speaker: A Collection of Oratorical and Dramatical Pieces ...

John Celivergos Zachos - Elocution - 1851 - 570 pages
...But friends and foes in dumb surprise, With parted lips and straining eyes, Stood gazing where lie sank ; And when above the surges They saw his crest...flowing ; And he was sore in pain, And heavy with his armor, And spent with changing blows : And oft they thought him sinking, But still again he rose. Never,...
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