 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 906 pages
...unsurpassingly beautiful: • I see before me the gladiator lie: He leans upon his hand—his manly hrow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his droop'd...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.n The exquisitely pathetic... | |
 | Moyle Sherer - 1825 - 454 pages
...lie: He leans upon his hand—his manly browConsents to death, but conquers agony, And his drooped head sinks gradually low; And through his side the...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... | |
 | Moyle Sherer - 1825 - 454 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...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... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1826 - 170 pages
...Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his drooped head sinks gradually low — And through his nide the last drops ebbing slow From the red gash, fall...and now The arena swims around him — he is gone, [who won. Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch CXLI. He heard it, but he heeded not... | |
 | Wilkins Tannehill - 1827 - 354 pages
...fight for the amusement and gratification of a depraved populace : I see before me the gladiator lie; He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents...ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, • j T. ike fhe first of a thunder shower, and now » * * • •* t • » ' HISTORY OF LITERATURE.... | |
 | Nathaniel Hazeltine Carter - 1827 - 630 pages
...j 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... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1828 - 598 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 the...— 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... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1828 - 598 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 the...gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thuneer-shower ; and now The arena swims around him, — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout,... | |
 | Nathaniel Hazeltine Carter - 1829 - 532 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 shout, which... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1831 - 376 pages
...listed spot? Both are but theatres where the chief actors rot. I see before me the Gladiator lie : (5»> He leans upon his hand— his manly brow Consents...and now The arena swims around him — he is gone, ]S,re ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch ! who won. VOL. i. s CXL. He heard it, but he... | |
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I see before me the Gladiator 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 heavy, one by one,... 
