 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 104by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1872Full view - About this book
 | John William Carleton - 1848 - 550 pages
...Contents to death, but conquers agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low. And through his side his last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy...— he is gone, 'Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won." CRILDE HAROLD. " The dying man cried, ' Hold, I've had my gruel. Oh ! for... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Rome - 1839 - 590 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... | |
 | John Relly Beard - Christianity - 1839 - 258 pages
...drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, full 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 shout 'which hailed the wretch who won. He heard it, but heeded not — his eyes -\Vere with his heart, and that... | |
 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - English poetry - 1840 - 368 pages
...sinks gradually low ; And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavily, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower; and...the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won. He heard it, but he heeded not : his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away. He reck'd not... | |
 | E.C. and W. Osborne - Birmingham (England) - 1840 - 334 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...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 shout which... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - 1840 - 796 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...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 shout which... | |
 | George Washington Bethune - Art - 1840 - 64 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...gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder shower; but now The arena swims around him ; he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - Civilization - 1840 - 464 pages
...last drops ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder shower; and now The arena swims around him — he is gone,...the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won. He heard it, but he heeded not — his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away; He reck'd not... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 378 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 last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavily, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower; and now The arena swims around him : he is... | |
 | Jules Michelet - France - 1840 - 718 pages
...: He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents tq death! but conquers agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low — And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From I lie red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower; and now The arena swims... | |
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