 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
 | North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1838 - 728 pages
...described, not the marble in the Capitol, but the dying man in the amphitheatre ; " And through his aide the last drops ebbing slow From the red gash fall...of a thunder-shower; and now The arena swims around him, — he is gone Ere ceased th' inhuman shout that hailed the wretch that won. " He heard it, but... | |
 | 536 pages
...see before me the Gladiator lie ; He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, hut conquers agony, And his drooped head sinks gradually...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 he... | |
 | Marguerite Countess of Blessington - Italy - 1839 - 394 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...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... | |
 | 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...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... | |
 | 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...a thunder-shower ; and now The arena swims around him — he is gone, 'Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won." CRILDE HAROLD.... | |
 | Jules Michelet - France - 1840 - 718 pages
...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 around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who [won. He heard it, but... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 368 pages
...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 gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won. He heard it, but he... | |
 | George W. Burnap - Women - 1841 - 288 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...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.) - 1842 - 866 pages
...conquers agony, And his droop 'd head sinks gradually low — And through his side the last drop?, irit! I Know nought of death, save as a dreadful thing Of which I have heard my parents speak, him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won. CXLI. He heard it,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...luawa Of wonns — on battle-plains or listed spot t Both are but theatres where the chief actors rot. r. Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet,...must, with «ome hesitation, be allowed to Dryden. It him ; he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won. He heard it, hut he... | |
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