 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 102by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1872Full view - About this book
 | James Montgomery - Literature - 1840 - 340 pages
...of them could intimate by any visible sign. But we must return to the swoon of the dying man : — " The arena swims around him, — he is gone. Ere ceased the inhuman shout that hail.d the wretch who won. " He heard it, and he heeded not,— his eyes Were with his heart,... | |
 | James Orange - 1840 - 534 pages
...lie, . ,He loans 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 . ' JFrom the red gash, fall heavy one by one, t,ike the first of a thunder shower: he is gone Ere... | |
 | George W. Burnap - Women - 1841 - 288 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...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... | |
 | Walter Scott - English literature - 1841 - 464 pages
...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...of a thunder-shower; and now The arena swims around him—he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won. " He heard it, but... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - Civilization - 1841 - 348 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 Burnap - Women - 1841 - 296 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...ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, lake the first of a thunder-shower; and now The arena swims around him—he is gone, Ere ceased the... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 998 pages
...drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, füll heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower; ami our remove — a public school phrase. We were on...his brother waa my iutilaate friend : there were a lie heard it. but lie heeded not — his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away; 1 He reck'd... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - Bible - 1841 - 390 pages
...death, but conquers agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low — And through his side the life 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, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - Civilization - 1841 - 342 pages
...last drops ebbing slow Prom 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, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'dthe wretch who won. He heard it, but he heeded not — his eyes "Were with his heart, and that... | |
 | Civilization - 1851 - 428 pages
...agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low — And through his side tho last drops, ebbing s!ow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower ; aud now The ii ivsui swims around him — he in gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the... | |
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