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... tribes , each commanded by its own little king , or chief , the Britons were constantly at war with one another , and they always fought with these weapons . Even at that early period Britain was famous for its horses , of which the ...
... tribes , each commanded by its own little king , or chief , the Britons were constantly at war with one another , and they always fought with these weapons . Even at that early period Britain was famous for its horses , of which the ...
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... tribes , Rome was mistress of the then known world . From the Euphrates to the Atlantic , and from the deserts of Africa to the dark pine forests of Germany , no one dared to dispute her sway . Still her legions sought new lands to ...
... tribes , Rome was mistress of the then known world . From the Euphrates to the Atlantic , and from the deserts of Africa to the dark pine forests of Germany , no one dared to dispute her sway . Still her legions sought new lands to ...
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... tribes , who were glad at last to sue for terms of peace . These Cæsar willingly granted on their consent- ing to pay a nominal tribute . This settled , the Romans returned to Gaul , glad , no doubt , to leave a land where little was to ...
... tribes , who were glad at last to sue for terms of peace . These Cæsar willingly granted on their consent- ing to pay a nominal tribute . This settled , the Romans returned to Gaul , glad , no doubt , to leave a land where little was to ...
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... tribes , and Caractacus was their most skilful leader . 3 For nine years he bravely maintained the unequal contest , and a lofty hill in Shropshire is pointed out as the scene of his final struggle with the invaders . Its ridges are ...
... tribes , and Caractacus was their most skilful leader . 3 For nine years he bravely maintained the unequal contest , and a lofty hill in Shropshire is pointed out as the scene of his final struggle with the invaders . Its ridges are ...
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... England ; Si - lu ' - res , in South Wales . These are the Latin names of the tribes . 3 Car - ac ' - ta - cus , the Latin form of his British name , Caradoc . CARACTACUS AT ROME.1 BEFORE proud Rome's imperial throne , In CARACTACUS . 19.
... England ; Si - lu ' - res , in South Wales . These are the Latin names of the tribes . 3 Car - ac ' - ta - cus , the Latin form of his British name , Caradoc . CARACTACUS AT ROME.1 BEFORE proud Rome's imperial throne , In CARACTACUS . 19.
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Page 26 - Then the progeny that springs From the forests of our land, Armed with thunder, clad with wings, Shall a wider world command. Regions Ccesar never knew, Thy posterity shall sway, Where his eagles never flew, None invincible as they.
Page 25 - Other Romans shall arise Heedless of a soldier's name; Sounds, not arms, shall win the prize, Harmony the path to fame.
Page 160 - He lived — for life may long be borne Ere sorrow break its chain ; Why comes not death to those who mourn ? He never smiled again ! There stood proud forms around his throne, The stately and the brave ; But which could fill the place of one, That one beneath the wave ? Before...
Page 160 - THE bark that held a prince went down, The sweeping waves rolled on ; And what was England's glorious crown To him that wept a son ? He lived — for life may long be borne Ere sorrow break its chain ; Why comes not death to those who mourn? He never smiled again...
Page 54 - MORTE D'ARTHUR. So all day long the noise of battle rolled Among the mountains by the winter sea ; Until King Arthur's table, man by man, Had fallen in Lyonness about their Lord, King Arthur : then, because his wound was deep, The bold Sir Bedivere uplifted him, Sir Bedivere, the last of all his knights, And bore him to a chapel nigh the field, A broken chancel with a broken cross, That stood on a dark...
Page 25 - WHEN the British warrior queen, Bleeding from the Roman rods, Sought, with' an indignant mien, Counsel of her country's gods, Sage beneath the spreading oak Sat the Druid, hoary chief; Every burning word he spoke Full of rage and full of grief.
Page 25 - Tis because resentment ties All the terrors of our tongues. Rome shall perish, — write that word In the blood that she has spilt ; Perish hopeless and abhorred, Deep in ruin as in guilt. Rome for empire far renowned, Tramples on a thousand states, Soon her pride shall kiss the ground,— Hark...
Page 21 - Think not, thou eagle Lord of Rome, And master of the world, Though victory's banner o'er thy dome In triumph now...