 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
 | Bernard G. Beatty, Vincent Newey - 1988 - 308 pages
...gladiator lie: He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony . . . The arena swims around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who He heard it, but he heeded not — his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away; He reck'd not... | |
 | George Gordon Byron - 1994 - 884 pages
...agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low— And through his aide the last drops, ebbing slow Prom ngeance swells the cry — Shame mounts to rage that mast thunder-shower; and . now The arena swims around him— he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shoot which... | |
 | John Varriano - 1995 - 304 pages
...upon his hand - his manly brow Consents to his death, but conquers agony, And his drooped head sinks low, And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow...arena swims around him - he is gone, Ere ceased the human shout which hailed the wretch who won.18 Such was the power of Byron's lines that in 1833, fifteen... | |
 | David B. Cohen - 1995 - 372 pages
...speaks: 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 thundershower; and now The arena swims around him — he is gone Ere ceased the inhuman shout which... | |
 | Bruce Redford - 1996 - 156 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...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 Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1996 - 868 pages
...He leans upon his hand - his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, 1255 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, 1260 Ere ceased the inhuman shout... | |
 | Frederick Burwick, Jürgen Klein - 1996 - 576 pages
...pair of lovers; Raine glosses this set of figures as "an emblem of the source of ail life" (9). ebhing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower. (1256-8). Equally revealing is the order of the ekphrastic passages, which begin with... | |
 | Michael Grant - 1995 - 136 pages
...alive. Byron was moved to picture one such victim - a prisoner of war from a remote village of Dacia. The arena swims around him -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... | |
 | James A. W. Heffernan - 2004 - 261 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...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... | |
 | Daniel Eddy - 2005 - 509 pages
...as " He leans upon his hand — Ms manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his drooped head sinks gradually low ; And through his side the...heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder shower ; " — the Venus of the Capitol, none too well veiled for common gaze ; and many a form of beauty,... | |
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