 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 Murray (Firm), Octavian Blewitt - Italy - 1853 - 394 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 winch hail'd the wretch who won. He heard It, but... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1853 - 1024 pages
...:'''' He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his droop'd e not Who would be free themselves must strike the...'By their right arms the conquest must be wrought ? him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailM the wretch who won. • CXLI. He heard... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - 800 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 the...a thunder-shower ; and now The arena swims around him ; he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which huil'd the wretch who won. He heard it, but he... | |
 | Readers - 1853 - 458 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 ceas'd the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won. He heard it, but he... | |
 | Royal Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland - Bristol (England) - 1853 - 398 pages
...— " He leans upon his hand. Hii manly brow Consents to death, bat conquers agony, And his droop'd 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 th* inhuman shout, which hail'd the wretch who won. He heard it, but he... | |
 | Royal Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland - Bristol (England) - 1853 - 402 pages
...He leans upon his hand. His manly brow Consents to death, bat conquers agony, And his droop'd bead sinks gradually low, And through his side the last...of a thunder-shower; and now The arena swims around him. He is gone Ere ceased th' inhuman shout, which hail'd the wretch who won. CXLI. He heard it, but... | |
 | Historical geography - 1853 - 168 pages
...Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low : And through his sides the last drops ebbing slow From the red gash fall...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... | |
 | Stendhal - Rome (Italy) - 1853 - 394 pages
...sinks graduai1 y low. — And thrnugh his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fa 11 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 wbich hail'd thewreteh who won lie bcard it, but be... | |
 | Elocution - 1854 - 576 pages
...and horse, — friend, — foe, — in one red burial blent ! 32. THE DYING GLADIATOR.— lord Ryron. 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 Croly - English poetry - 1854 - 426 pages
...once, that's brightest — worst— Sublimest — meanest in creation ! BYRON. 1HE DYING GLADIATOR. I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon...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. He heard it, but... | |
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