...the maws Of worms — on battle-plains or listed spot ? Both are but theatres where the chief acton rot CXL. I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans...brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his droop 'd head sinks gradually tow— And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red...

...Such were the bloody Circus' genial laws, And the imperial pleasure. — Wherefore not ? What matters where we fall to fill the maws Of worms — on battle-plains...Both are but theatres where the chief actors rot. I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, but...

...not, for his own life, spare his fallen foe — that foe, perhaps, his countryman and his friend. " I see before me the gladiator lie : He leans upon...agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low : And thro' his sides the last drops ebbing slow From the red gash fall heavily, one by one, Like the first...

...Delphi's sacred side, Or gazing o'er the plains where Greek and Persian died. XXVIII THE DYING GLADIATOR. I SEE before me the gladiator lie : He leans upon...side the last drops ebbing slow From the red gash, fell heavy one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower, and now The arena swims around him : —...

...it can only be regarded as a copy. The right arm and the toes of both feet are admirably restored. " I see before me the gladiator lie : He leans upon...conquers agony. And his droop'd head sinks gradually tow — And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one,...

...ness and vividness of the effect to be produced. Let us turn to Byron, and see how he treats it. " I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon...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...

...clearness and vividness of the effect to be produced. Let us turn to Byron, and see how he treats it. " I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon...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...

...because Such were the bloody circus' genial laws, And the imperial pleasure. Wherefore not? What matters where we fall to fill the maws Of worms — on battle-plains...Both are but theatres where the chief actors rot. I see before me the gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand ; his manly brow Consents to death, but...

...Demosthenes ; and Rome pleads with us in the mute persuasion of her mangled Tully. — E. EVERETT. 5. I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon...brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his drooped head sinks gradually low ; And through his side the last drops ebbing flow From the red gash,...

...because Such were the bloody circus' genial laws, And the imperial pleasure. Wherefore not? What matters where we fall to fill the maws Of worms — on battle-plains...Both are but theatres where the chief actors rot. I see before me the gladiator lie: He leans upon his hand ; his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers...