 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 478 pages
...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...and now •• The arena swims around him — he is cione, D ' Ere ceased the inhuman shout which haii'd the wretch who wo CXLI. He heard it, but he heeded... | |
 | 1833 - 554 pages
...DTINO GT.ADIATOR. " ' I lee before me the gladiator lie; And liia droop'd head sinks gradually low j And through his side, the last drops, ebbing slow...red gash, fall heavy one by one, Like the first of athunder-shower-,— and now The arena swims around him— he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1821 - 582 pages
...last drops, ebbing slow From the sad 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 sound which hail'd the wretch who won. " He heard it, but he heeded not. His eyes Were with his heart,... | |
 | William Lisle Bowles - 1822 - 108 pages
...shower; and now " The arena swims around him.—He is gone, " lire ceas'd the inhuman sound which hiWd the wretch who won* " He heard it, but he heeded not...." Were with his heart, and that was far away: " He reek'il not of the life he lost, nor prize ; " But where hit rude hut by the Danube lay, " There were... | |
 | 1876 - 1204 pages
...wilderness." For pathos and tenderness let the last stanza of the well-known " Dying Gladiator," witness : " 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 his... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1822 - 584 pages
...his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the sad gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first drops of a thunder-shower ; and now The arena swims around him. — He is gone Ere ceased the inhuman sound which hail'dthe wretch who won. He heard it, but he heeded not. His eyes Were with his heart,... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1822 - 582 pages
...his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the sad gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first drops of a thunder-shower ; and now The arena swims around him. — He is gone Kre ceased the inhuman sound which hail'dthe wretch who won. , He heard it, but he heeded not. His... | |
 | William Lisle Bowles - 1822 - 260 pages
...scenes of his infancy, the hut of " his mother, on the banks of the Danube." " Like the first drops of a thunder-shower; and now " The arena swims around him. —He is gone " Kre ceased the inhuman sound which Iiail'd the wretch who won. " Ho heard it, but he heeded not.... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1823 - 402 pages
...his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low — And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From...— he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which haiTd the wretch who won. CXLI He heard it, but he heeded not — his eyes Were with his heart, and... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824 - 334 pages
...gradually low — And through his side the last drops, ehhing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one hy one, Like the first of a thunder-shower ; and now....the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won. CXLL He heard it, hut he heeded not— his eyes Were with his heart, and that was fer away ; I He reck'd... | |
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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... 
