 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...  Scenes and Impressions in Egypt and in Italy - Page 346by Moyle Sherer - 1825 - 435 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Richard Digby Beste - Italy - 1826 - 538 pages
..." And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow -' From the red gash, fall heavy, one by cue, " Like the first of a thunder-shower; and now " The arena swims around him. He is gone, " Ere the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch " who won. " He heard it, but ':'»-... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1828 - 598 pages
...Childe Harold,* will remind the reader of the fate of the Dacian captives, when brought to 'Rome. ' I see before me the Gladiator lie ; He leans upon...a thunder-shower ; and now The arena swims around him, — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout, which hailed the wretch who won. ' He heard it,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1828 - 780 pages
...hi« droop d head sinke gradually low — And through hi* side the last drops, ebbing slow From lite red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower; and now i ТЫ: arena swims around him— lie is gone, i let near. H the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1831 - 358 pages
...brow Cousents to death, but conqners agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradnally tow — And throngh his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red...first of a thunder-shower; and now The arena swims aronnd him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shont which hail'd the wreteh who won. Cx LI. He... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 pages
...spirits sink, and move, In hearts all rocky now, the late remorse of love. BYHOX. 14 THE GLADIATOR. I SEE before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon...a thunder-shower ; and now The arena swims around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won. He heard it, but... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1832 - 488 pages
...5> 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...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. CXLI. He heard it,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1832 - 488 pages
...5* 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...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. CXLI. He heard it,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1833 - 362 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...him—he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which haiTd the wretch who won. CXLI. He heard it, but he heeded not —his eyes Were with his heart, and... | |
 | Antislavery movements - 1833 - 370 pages
...see before me the gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, bat conquers agony, And his drooped head sinks gradually...of a thunder-shower; and now The arena swims around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won. " lie heard it, but... | |
 | James Montgomery - Literature - 1833 - 368 pages
...lie ; He leans upon his hand ; his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers aeon? ; And his droop'd head sinks gradually low ; And through his side the...a thunder-shower ; and now The arena swims around him, — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout that hail'd the wretch who won." Now, all this sculpture... | |
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