 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
 | New York State Agricultural Society - 1860 - 848 pages
...illustrating the truthful beauty of Lord Byron's description of the dying gladiator — "And his drooped head sinks gradually low, And through his side the last drops, ebbing (low, From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the lir.it of a thunder shower." the heavy drops,... | |
 | John Miley - 1843 - 382 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...the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won." " Infesta, mihi credite, signa ab Syracusis illata sunt huic urbi. Jam nimis multos audio Corinthi... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - 1843 - 616 pages
...agouy, And his droop M head sinks gradually low— And through his aide the last drops, ebbing Blow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower; and uow The arena swimi around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - 1844 - 372 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...gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower ; and now The arena swims around him — he is gone, Kre ceased the inhuman shout which... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...lie: He leans upon his hand ; his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his drooped which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates,...must, with «ome hesitation, be allowed to Dryden. It thunder-shower ; and now The arena swims around him ; he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 92 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 the...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... | |
 | 1842 - 572 pages
...merely recherche illustration suggested by thought or perception of analogies purely intellectual : — "And through his side the last drops ebbing slow From...heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder shower." Nothing can be more forced than the comparison of drops of blood to drops of rain. Note also the antithesis... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pages
.... He leans upon his hand ; his manly brow ï Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his drooped M6 \ ex j TF a Z]1Ya( Q( 9J S $§ Æ4Q@'_w G < clow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the firrt of a thunder-shower ; and now The arena... | |
 | William Mitchell Gillespie - 1845 - 230 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...now The arena swims around him — he is gone, Ere ceas'd the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won." IV. CHURCHES, IMAGES, RELIQUES AND MIRACLES.... | |
 | Eugen Kölbing, Johannes Hoops, Arthur Kölbing, Reinald Hoops, Albert Wagner - 1903 - 484 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... | |
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