...beech-stub on the west of the wood. They had named the place out of the verse in Lays of Ancient Rome. ' From lordly Volaterrae, Where scowls the far-famed...by the hands of giants For Godlike Kings of old.' They were the ' Godlike Kings,' and when old Hobden piled some comfortable brushwood between the big...

...Which hid by beech and pine, Like an eagle's nest, hangs on the crest Of purple Apennine; HORATIUS Piled by the hands of giants For godlike kings of old; From seagirt Populonia, Whose sentinels descry Sardinia's snowy mountain tops Fringing the southern sky. From the proud mart...

...for Borne. in. The horsemen and the footmen Are pouring in amain From many a stately market place; From many a fruitful plain ; From many a lonely hamlet,...For godlike kings of old ; From seagirt Populonia, Whose sentinels descry Sardinia's snowy mountain tops Fringing the southern sky ; V. From the proud...

...march for Rome. The horsemen and the footmen Are pouring in amain From many a stately market-place; From many a fruitful plain; From many a lonely hamlet,...eagle's nest, hangs on the crest Of purple Apennine. . . . The harvests of Arretium, This year old men shall reap; This year, young boys in Umbro Shall...

...westward, until their carriage had by three in the afternoon climbed onto the far-seen table mountain of ' lordly Volaterrae, Where scowls the far-famed hold...by the hands of giants For godlike kings of old.' Passing near the colossal masonry of its Etruscan gate and walls, they dared not look out at the town...

...never seen them at all. No difficulty about lodgings, even in this "lonely hamlet, which, girt with beech and pine, like an eagle's nest, hangs on the crest of purple Apennine," for the peasants will do anything for a change. We are variety incarnate, and they love us. There is...

...a prompt issue of this petty quarrel. In a few days he overran the territory " Of lordly Volaterra, Where scowls the far-famed hold Piled by the hands of giants, For god-like kings of old ; " and from his quarters at Mazzola, within four miles of their gates, dissuaded the authorities from...

...march for Rome. The horsemen and the footmen Are pouring in amain 20 From many a stately market-place; From many a fruitful plain; From many a lonely hamlet,...and pine, Like an eagle's nest, hangs on the crest 25 Of purple Apennine; From lordly Volaterrae, Where scowls the far-famed hold Piled by the hands of...

...for Home. 3 The horsemen and the footmen Are pouring in amain jo From many a stately market-place, From many a fruitful plain ; From many a lonely hamlet,...hid by beech and pine, Like an eagle's nest, hangs 011 the crest as Of purple Apennine ; 4 From lordly Volaterrse, Where scowls the far-famed hold 26....

...beech-stub on the west of the wood. They had named the place out of the verse in Lays of Ancient Rome. From lordly Volaterrae, Where scowls the far-famed...Piled by the hands of giants For Godlike Kings of old. They were the "Godlike Kings," and when old Hobden piled some comfortable brushwood between the big...