 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...  Poetry of Byron: Chosen and Arranged - Page 111de George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1892 - 276 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | John Relly Beard - 1839 - 260 pages
...bead sinks gradually low — And through bis side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, full heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder shower...— 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... | |
 | 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...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... | |
 | 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 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... | |
 | E.C. and W. Osborne - 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...the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won. In the parish of Hanslope there were formerly many small farmers, but these have latterly almost disappeared,... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - 1840 - 800 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...gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretcli who won. He heard it, but he heeded not — his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far... | |
 | George Washington Bethune - 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...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 hailed the wretch... | |
 | 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 - 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... | |
 | James Montgomery - 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... | |
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