 Were with his heart, and that was far away ; He recked not of the life he lost, nor prize ; But where his rude hut by the Danube lay, There were his young barbarians all at play, There was their Dacian mother, — he, their sire, Butchered to make a Roman...  Poetry of Byron - Page xxviiiby George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1881 - 276 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1852 - 518 pages
...The arena swims around him : he is gone, Ere heard the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won. He heard it but he heeded not ; his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away. He recked not of the life he lost, nor prize, But where his rude hut by the Danube lay. There were... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 pages
...arena swims around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won. He heard it, but he heeded not : his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away ; He reeked not of the life he lost nor prize, But where his rude hut by tho Danube lay, There were... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - 1852 - 364 pages
...arena swims around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won He heard it, but he heeded not — his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away ; He reck'd not of the life he lost nor prize, But where his rude hut by the Danube lay, There were... | |
 | Friedrich W. D. Brie - 1923 - 328 pages
...around him — he is gone, Ere ce,ased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won, CXLI. 100 He heard it, but he heeded not — his eyes Were with his heart — and that was far away; He recked not of the life he lost nor prize, But (where his rude hut by the Danube lay — Th ere were... | |
 | John Drinkwater - 1923 - 528 pages
...Coliseum, to whose ears, half sealed in his last agony, came the "inhuman shout" which hailed the victor: He heard it, but he heeded not — his eyes Were with his heart — and that was far away ; He recked not of the life he lost nor prize, But where his rude hut by the Danube lay, There were... | |
 | Climenson Yelverton Charles Dawbarn - 1923 - 362 pages
...The arena swims around him, he is gone Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won. He heard it, but he heeded not, his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away; He reck'd not of the life he lost nor prize, But where his rude hut by the Danube lay, There were his... | |
 | George Roy Elliott, Norman Foerster - 1923 - 864 pages
...around him — he is gone. Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won. 1260 CXLI He heard it, but he heeded not — his eyes Were with his heart and that was far away ; He recked not of the life he lost, nor prize ; But where his rude hut by the Danube lay, There were... | |
 | Walter Alwyn Briscoe - 1924 - 350 pages
...expression on a loved one's face : " The seal love's dimpling finger hath impressed." Or of yearning : He heard it, but he heeded not : his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away. Quiet development : " As grows a flower, thus quietly she grew." She walks in beauty like the night,... | |
 | Harry Morgan Ayres, Frederick Morgan Padelford - 1924 - 942 pages
...arena swims around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won. Turn of eye, wave of hand, that salvation joins issue with death ! As thy Love is disc ; He reck'd not of the life he lost nor prize, But where his rude hut by the Danube lay, There were... | |
 | 1924 - 296 pages
...arena swims around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won. He heard it, but he heeded not — his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away ; He reck'd not of the life he lost, nor prize, But where his rude hut by the Danube lay, There were... | |
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