- Paperback: 190 pages
- Publisher: Regnery Publishing Inc (1 July 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 089526403X
- ISBN-13: 978-0895264039
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,747,796 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'Then out spake brave Horatius': poetry for speaking out,
By Laurence 913 (London, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Lays of Ancient Rome (Hardcover)
Macaulay's Lays of Ancient Rome - above all that of Horatius - were well known to earlier generations who first heard them at school but now seem to be unknown in book-shops. This is odd because, whenever I looked for a copy, various modern poets were listed under M who were unknown to me and whose 'verse' was mostly unmemorable, obscure and pretentious prose split up into arbitrary lines, whereas 'Horatius' is eminently memorable. From among the many quotations that spring to mind for those who read it in their youth, at least two have gone into general currency:'Those behind cried Forward/And those before cried Back.' and 'Even the Ranks of Tuscany/Could scarce forebear to cheer.' The poem might be qualified as being 'declamatory' or mainly for school boys. But unlike e.g. Newbolt, Belloc or Chesterton, who speak directly to the reader, Macaulay, as he explains in an Introduction which wears its great scholarship lightly, was trying to reproduce the effect of a traditional Latin poem of the early Republican era; he draws a parallel with what Scott tried to do with his ballads. Remarkably, he was only an occasional poet. Through Amazon and Abebooks I acquired an 1852 edition. I cannot see the solipsistic obscurities of any modern poets being sought out in 150 years time for the mere pleasure of reading them.
10 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
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We need this now: (forget that Pat Buchanan quoted it),
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This review is from: Lays of Ancient Rome (Paperback)
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/ ... Then none was for a party;/ Then all were for the state;/ Then the great man helped the poor,/ And the poor man loved the great:/ Then lands were fairly portioned;/ Then spoils were fairly sold:/ The Romans were like brothers/ In the brave days of old./ Now Roman is to Roman/ More hateful than a foe,/ And the Tribunes beard the high,/ And the Fathers grind the low./ As we wax hot in faction,/ In battle we wax cold:/ Wherefore men fight not as they fought/ In the brave days of old./
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Bibiobazaar is a disgrace to books. It's Babington--one B,
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This review is from: Lays of Ancient Rome (Paperback)
This "edition" is an insult to the original. Even the US Bibliobazaar version spells the author's name correctly.
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