 Back comes the Chief in triumph. Who, in the hour of fight, Hath seen the Great Twin Brethren In harness on his right. Safe comes the ship to haven, Through billows and through gales, If once the Great Twin Brethren Sit shining on the sails.  Fourteen Weeks in Descriptive Astronomy - Page 251by Joel Dorman Steele - 1874 - 336 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Horace, Thomas Ethelbert Page - 1879 - 132 pages
...For construction see Od. 6. 10. 2. fratres Helenae] Cf . Macaulay : ' Safe comes the ship to harbour Through billows and through gales, If once the great Twin Brethren Sit shining on her sails.' It is said that when in a storm the lightning flickered about the masts it indicated the... | |
 | Joel Dorman Steele - Astronomy - 1884 - 358 pages
...chief in triumph, Who in the hour of fight Hath seen the great Twin Brethren, In harness on his right. Safe comes the ship to haven, Through billows and...hunter assaulting Taurus. He has a sword in his belt, a *We remember that Paul sailed for Italy in a ship whose sign was Castor and Pollux. —Acts, xxviii.... | |
 | Joel Dorman Steele - Astronomy - 1884 - 352 pages
...chief in triumph, Who in the hour of fight Hath seen the great Twin Brethren, In harness on his right. Safe comes the ship to haven, Through billows and...Brethren Sit shining on the sails."— Lays of Ancient Same. Orion is represented under the figure of a hunter assaulting Taurus. He has a sword in his belt,... | |
 | Samuel Edward Dawson - 1884 - 150 pages
...and Romans ascribed these appearances to Castor and Pollox. So Macaulay, Battle of Lake RegiUus — Safe comes the ship to haven, Through billows and...the Great Twin Brethren Sit shining on the sails. Line 260. Huge women lloiczed with health, and wind, and rain. JBfowsed, swarthy. Shakespeare, Titus... | |
 | English wit and humor - 1888 - 344 pages
...Chief in triumph Who in the hour of fight Was helped by the Great Ruler, Who gave him what was right. Safe comes the ship to haven Through billows and through gales If once the great Sea Ruler Sits perched upon the sails. Here in the Union building, Hoist we the telegram, Which says... | |
 | Fletcher S. Bassett - Folklore - 1885 - 528 pages
...them, and the men all avoided oaths while they were burning. **Macaulay's lines embody ancient beliefs: "Safe comes the ship to haven Through billows and...the great twin brethren Sit shining on the sails." ff We are told by Thoms: " That the ignis fataas is the spirit of some woman, who is destined to run... | |
 | 1885 - 608 pages
...chief in triumph Who, in the hour of fight, Has seen the great Twin Brethren In harness on his right. Safe comes the ship to haven Through billows and through...the great Twin Brethren Sit shining on the sails.' This was therefore a lucky title for a ship, and it will be remembered the ship which took St. Paul... | |
 | Horace - 1885 - 184 pages
...mast ; Italian mariners call it the fire of St Eimo. Cf. Macaulay, ' Safe comes the ship to harbour Through billows and through gales, If once the great Twin Brethren Sit shining on her sails.' ODE XXX. 'I have finished an imperishable monument: I shall not wholly die, but as long... | |
 | Friedrich Schiller - 1886 - 240 pages
...29, 30. 88. grotffingspcmr, ' Castor and Pollux. ' Cf. Macaulay's Battle of the Lake Regillus — ' Safe comes the ship to haven, Through billows and...the Great Twin Brethren Sit shining on the sails.' 93. bas (SefIIbe, ' Death's hand is on plain and meadow, and they mourn. ' 95. Thç vivid personifications... | |
 | John Tetlow - Latin language - 1886 - 670 pages
...with the constellation Gemini. Cf. Macaulay, Lnys of Ancient Rome : — Safe comes the ship to harbour Through billows and through gales, If once the Great Twin Brethren Sit shining on her sails. Horace too alludes to St Elmo's Fire in a beautiful passage : — ' Victors renowned, the... | |
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