 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
 | Alfred Colbeck - Black Sea region - 1887 - 444 pages
...name their vessels after these gods, and thereby implore their protection, when they believed that " Safe comes the ship to haven, Through billows and...the Great Twin Brethren Sit shining on the sails." We are not told what was the sign of the wrecked vessel, but she also was a ship of Alexandria, and,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Rome - 1887 - 250 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...the Great Twin Brethren Sit shining on the sails. Wherefore they washed their horses In Vesta's holy well, Wherefore they rode to Vesta's door, I know,... | |
 | 1890 - 506 pages
...of fight, Hath seen the Great Twin Brethren In harness on his right. Safe comes the ship to harbor, Through billows and through gales, If once the Great Twin Brethren • Sit shining on his sails." Thus we see that they were regarded as the patron duties of sailor and soldier. Their most... | |
 | Talfourd Ely - Greece, Ancient - 1891 - 348 pages
...rank, yet the Romans soon learned that the twin gods were no less the guardians of shipmen at sea : — "Safe comes the ship to haven, Through billows and...the great Twin Brethren Sit shining on the sails." * 1 Macaulay, Lays of Ancient Rome. - ll>. ' Ib. ' Ib. This explains how Horace in his beautiful ode... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1891 - 126 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...the Great Twin Brethren Sit shining on the sails. Wherefore they washed their horses 990 In Vesta's holy well, Wherefore they rode to Vesta's door, I... | |
 | John Dennie - Rome (Italy) - 1893 - 478 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...the Great Twin Brethren Sit shining on the sails. Wherefore they washed their horses In Vesta's holy well, Wherefore they rode to Vesta's door, I know... | |
 | Charles Mills Gayley - English literature - 1893 - 608 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...the great Twin Brethren Sit shining on the sails. 1 1 Macaulay, Lays of Ancient Rome, The Battle of Lake Regillus. CHAPTER XXV. THE TROJAN WAR. ... At... | |
 | Hélène Adeline Guerber - Legends - 1893 - 440 pages
...masts of ships, — a sure sign, according to the sailors, of fine weather and an auspicious journey. " Safe comes the ship to haven, Through billows and...the Great Twin Brethren Sit shining on the sails." MACAULAY. Festivals celebrated in honor of these twin brethren, and called the Dioscuria, were held... | |
 | Charles Mills Gayley - English poetry - 1893 - 654 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...If once the great Twin Brethren Sit shining on the sails.1 1 Macaulay, Lays of Ancient Rome, The Battle of Lake Regillus. c 284 CLASSIC .VYTHS IN ENGLISH... | |
 | Charles Mills Gayley - English poetry - 1893 - 642 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...If once the great Twin Brethren Sit shining on the sails.1 1 Macaulay, Lays of Ancient Rome, The Battle of Lake Regillus. CHAPTER XXV. THE TROJAN WAR.... | |
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