 He recked not of the life he lost nor prize, But where his rude hut by the Danube lay There were his young barbarians all at play, There was their Dacian mother — he, their sire, Butchered to make a Roman holiday — All this rushed with his blood —...  Childe Harold's pilgrimage: Italy - Page 104by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1872Full view - About this book
 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - Heroes - 1913 - 392 pages
...There was their Dacian mother — he their sire, Butcher'd to make a Roman holiday. All this rush'd with his blood — Shall he expire, And unavenged ? Arise ye Goths and glut your ire." Sacred vestals, tender mothers, fat, good-humoured senators, all thought it fair play, and were equally... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - Poetry - 1913 - 274 pages
...There was their Dacian mother — he, their sire, Butcher'd to make a Roman holiday — All this rush'd with his blood — Shall he expire, And unavenged? — Arise! ye Goths, and glut your ire. cxm But here, where Murder breathed her bloody steam; And here, where buzzing nations choked the ways,... | |
 | Edwin Watts Chubb - English literature - 1914 - 462 pages
...There was their Dacian mother — he, their sire, Butchered to make a Roman holiday — All this rushed with his blood — Shall he expire And unavenged? Arise! ye Goths, and glut your ire!" Don Juan. — By many this poem is considered Byron's masterpiece. It is one of the longest poems in... | |
 | Lucius Hudson Holt - English poetry - 1915 - 952 pages
...There was their Dacian mother — he, their sire, Butrhcr'd to make a Roman holiday — All this rush'd tone 7F5 1170 And here, where buzzing nations choked the ways, And roar'd or murmur'd like a mountain stream... | |
 | Nellie Elfa Turner - Reading - 1915 - 536 pages
...There was their Dacian mother — he, their sire, Butchered to make a Roman holiday — All this rushed with his blood — shall he expire And unavenged ? Arise, ye Goths, and glut your ire ! LORD BYRON. have done " things worth while," and accomplished results that " live." 24. Visions are... | |
 | Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Robert Grant Martin - English literature - 1916 - 924 pages
...There was their Dacian mother — he, their sire, Butchered to make a Roman holiday — All this rushed But here, where Murder breathed her bloody steam; 1270 And here, where buzzing nations choked the ways,... | |
 | Vida Dutton Scudder - English poetry - 1919 - 572 pages
...There was their Dacian mother — he, their sire, Butcher'd to make a Eoman holiday — All this rush'd with his blood. — Shall he expire And unavenged ? — Arise ! ye Goths, and glut your ire ! CXLII. 1270 But here, where Murder breathed her bloody steam; And there, where buzzing nations choked the... | |
 | Stephen Graham - Europe - 1922 - 232 pages
...the mighty empire. •» I see before me the gladiator lie Butchered to make a Roman holiday . . . Shall he expire And unavenged ? Arise ! Ye Goths and glut your ire as Byron wrote. Now little children are playing where wild beasts were held, and tourists peep into... | |
 | George Roy Elliott, Norman Foerster - English poetry - 1923 - 864 pages
...There was their Dacian mother — he, their sire, Butchered to make a Roman holiday — All this rushed with his blood. — Shall he expire And unavenged?...But here, where Murder breathed her bloody steam; 1270 And here, where buzzing nations choked the ways, .And roared or murmured like a mountain stream... | |
 | John Drinkwater - Literature - 1923 - 526 pages
...There was their Dacian mother — he, their sire, Butcher'd to make a Roman holiday — All this rush'd with his blood — Shall he expire And unavenged? Arise! ye Goths, and glut your ire! § 4 Don Juan But the real, the most puissant Byron is found in Don Juan. This epic abounds in every... | |
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