 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,...  The Poetical Works of Lord Byron - Page 54by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1859 - 827 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Emile Gebhart - Art, Greek - 1864 - 316 pages
...anciens mêmes, reconnut dans cette œuvre un combattant barbare. Lord Byrou l'a admiré et célébré : I see before me the gladiator lie ; He leans upon...brow Consents to death but conquers agony, And his drooped head sinks gradually low (3). Le groupe de la villa Ludovisi, longtemps surnommé Pœîus et... | |
 | Melbourne (Vic.). Public Library - Art - 1865 - 170 pages
...mirth ; Blood with those echoes calls forth from the earth ; And Heav'n full soon shall answer. BULWEB. 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... | |
 | Henry Washington Hilliard - 1865 - 556 pages
...deeply interested in the conversation. De Vane bowed to her, and said : " I think I can recall them : * 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 gash,... | |
 | James McCosh - Intuition - 1865 - 522 pages
...religious, and in some cases, all moral principle, and with these all peace and all stability : — " I see before me the gladiator lie, He leans upon his...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 big gash,... | |
 | William Chambers - 1865 - 220 pages
...gladiator ? — Lord Byron ; the following are the lines which occur in Childe Harold's Pilgrimage : ' 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 gash,... | |
 | English poetry - 1904 - 694 pages
...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... | |
 | Charles Mills Gayley, Clement Calhoun Young - English poetry - 1904 - 772 pages
...were the bloody Circus' genial laws, 5 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: 10 He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death,... | |
 | Curtis Hidden Page - English poetry - 1904 - 942 pages
...Such were the bloody Circus' genial laws. And the imperial pleasure. — Wherefore not? What matters iss him, take his hand in thine. It may be my lord...is overwrought ; Soothe him with thy finer fancies I see before me the Gladiator lie [St. 140 He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death,... | |
 | Charles Mills Gayley, Clement Calhoun Young - English poetry - 1904 - 722 pages
...Such were the bloody Circus' genial laws, j 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.: 10 He leans upon his hand — his manly brow ' Consents to death,... | |
 | Charles Mills Gayley, Clement Calhoun Young - English poetry - 1904 - 726 pages
...Such were the bloody Circus' genial laws, 5 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 : 10 He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death,... | |
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