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" I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand ; his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his drooped head sinks gradually low : And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like... "
Childe Harold's pilgrimage: Italy - Page 104
by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1872
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The poetic reciter; or, Beauties of the British poets: adapted for reading ...

Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...: He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his drooped head sinks gradually low — And through his side...— he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won. He heard it, but he heeded not — his eyes Were with his heart, and that...
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Lectures on General Literature, Poetry, &c: Delivered at the Royal ...

James Montgomery - Literature - 1838 - 332 pages
...lie ; He leans upon his hand ; his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony ; And his droop'd head sinks gradually low ; And through his side the...him, — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout that hail'd the wretch who won." Now, all this sculpture has imbodied in perpetual marble, and every...
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The North American Review, Volume 46

Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1838 - 618 pages
...Gladiator ; but then he described, not the marble in the Capitol, but the dying man in the ampbitheatre ; " And through his side the last drops ebbing slow From...arena swims around him, — he is gone Ere ceased th' inhuman shout that hailed the wretch that won. " He heard it, but he heeded not, — his eyei Were...
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The North American Review, Volume 46

North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1838 - 728 pages
...described, not the marble in the Capitol, but the dying man in the amphitheatre ; " And through his aide the last drops ebbing slow From the red gash fall...arena swims around him, — he is gone Ere ceased th' inhuman shout that hailed the wretch that won. " He heard it, but he heeded not, — his eyes Were...
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History of Rome

Oliver Goldsmith - 1838 - 598 pages
...; He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his drooped head sinks gradually low — And through his side...gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder shower ; and now The arena swims around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman sound which...
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The Sportsman

546 pages
...Comenta to death, but conquers agony, And his droop M head sinks gradually low. And through his side his last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy one by one, Like the Tint of a thunder-shower ; and now The arena swims around him— he is gone, 'Ere ceased the inhuman...
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A History of English Rhythms, Volume 1

Edwin Guest - English language - 1838 - 338 pages
...Sam|son : whom | unarm|ed| No strength of man or fiercest wild beast could withstand ? Samson Agon. And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow, From the red gash full heavy one by one, Like | the first | of a thun|der :-show'r|, and now| 3/: '2. With gentle penetration,...
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The Malta penny magazine

536 pages
...; He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, hut conquers agony, And his drooped head sinks gradually low— And through his side the...the inhuman shout which Hail'd the wretch who won. He heard it, but he heeds not — his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away ; He reck'd not...
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The idler in Italy, Volume 1

Marguerite Gardiner (countess of Blessington.) - 1839 - 424 pages
...lie: He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony ; And his droop'd head sinks gradually low — And through his side...— he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won. " He heard it, but l\e heeded not — his eyes Were with his heart, and...
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The Idler in Italy, Volume 1

Marguerite Countess of Blessington - Italy - 1839 - 394 pages
...: He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony ; And his droop'd head sinks gradually low — And through his side...— he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won. " He heard it, but he heeded not — his eyes Were with his heart, and that...
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