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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... "
The Quarterly Review - Page 221
1818
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The natural history of society in the barbarous and civilized state

William Cooke Taylor - 1840 - 800 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...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 shout which...
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The Natural History of Society in the Barbarous and Civilized ..., Volume 2

William Cooke Taylor - Civilization - 1840 - 464 pages
...last drops ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder shower; and now The arena swims around him — he is gone,...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...
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History and antiquities of Nottingham, Volume 2

James Orange - 1840 - 534 pages
.... "I see before me the gladiator lie, . ,He loans 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 . ' JFrom the red gash, fall heavy one by one, t,ike the first of a thunder shower: he is gone Ere...
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Selections from the British Poets, Volume 2

English poetry - 1840 - 378 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 last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavily, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower; and now The arena swims around him : he is...
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Oeuvres, Volume 1

Jules Michelet - France - 1840 - 718 pages
...: He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents tq death! but conquers agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low — And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From I lie red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower; and now The arena swims...
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The Romance of Jewish History, Volume 1

Celia Levetus, Marion Moss - Bible stories, English - 1840 - 966 pages
...arms of her faithful companion. CHAPTER VI. lie leans upon his hand his manly brow, Consents to dgath, but conquers agony; And his drooped head sinks gradually low, And through his sidu the last drops, ehbing slow. From the red gash fall heavy, one by one. Towards him they steer,...
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Lectures on General Literature, Poetry, &c: Delivered at the Royal ...

James Montgomery - Literature - 1840 - 340 pages
...of them could intimate by any visible sign. But we must return to the swoon of the dying man : — " The arena swims around him, — he is gone. Ere ceased the inhuman shout that hail.d the wretch who won. " He heard it, and he heeded not,— his eyes Were with his heart,...
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Childe Harold's pilgrimage, a romaunt

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1841 - 474 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...ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won. CXLI. He heard it, but he heeded not — his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away ;...
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Lectures on the Sphere and Duties of Woman: And Other Subjects

George W. Burnap - Women - 1841 - 288 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...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...
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On Ellis's Specimens of the early English poets. Ellis' and Ritson's ...

Walter Scott - English literature - 1841 - 464 pages
...swordsman. " 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...of 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...
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