{"id":8174,"date":"2022-05-13T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newspaperhistory.com\/?p=8174"},"modified":"2022-05-13T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T05:00:00","slug":"horatius-at-the-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/horatius-at-the-bridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Horatius at the Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

From the <\/em>Rock Island Argus, May 13, 1914<\/em><\/a>. By Henry Howland.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then out spake brave Horatius,
    The captain of the gate:
\u201cHalt! Every mother\u2019s son of you,
    Both friends and foemen wait!
Let not a blow be given
    No matter what the odds,
For the ashes of your sires
    Or the temples of your gods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHew not the bridge, sir consul,
    Please put your ax away;
I\u2019ll later call upon you
    To hew, but not today\u2014
In yon straight path a thousand
    May well be stopped by three;
There I will stand and have command\u2014
    Not now, but presently.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then out spake Spurius Lartius,
    A counterfeiter bold:
\u201cLo, I will stand at thy right hand,
    With thee the bridge I\u2019ll hold!\u201d
And out spake young Herminius,
    A strong-arm artist he:
\u201cI will abide by thy left side
    And keep the bridge with thee.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHoratius,\u201d quoth the consul,
    \u201cBehold yon great array;
Why may I not begin to hew,
    Why counsel this delay?
For Romans in Rome\u2019s quarrel
    Spare neither land nor gold,
Nor son nor wife, nor limb nor life\u2014
    At least, so I\u2019ve been told.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFool,\u201d answered brave Horatius,
    \u201cHold off till I say when;
We must await in patience
    The moving picture men!
As soon as they get ready,
    And not till then, cut loose\u2014
We want this scrap recorded
    On films for future use.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From the Rock Island Argus, May 13, 1914. By Henry Howland. Then out spake brave Horatius,    The captain of the gate:\u201cHalt! Every mother\u2019s son of you,    Both friends and foemen wait!Let not a blow be given    No matter what the odds,For the ashes of your sires    Or the temples of your […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[161],"class_list":["post-8174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-rock-island-argus","tag-henry-howland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8174\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}