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 | |
Than facing fearful odds | |
For the ashes of his fathers | |
And the temples of his gods, | |
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Horatius at the Bridge
Thomas Babington, Lord Macaulay (1800–1859)
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