 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 Malta penny magazine - Page 164Full view - About this book
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1842 - 866 pages
...conquers agony, And his droop 'd head sinks gradually low — And through his side the last drop?, irit! I Know nought of death, save as a dreadful thing Of which I have heard my parents speak, CXLI. He heard it, but he heeded not — his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away ; ' He... | |
 | New York State Agricultural Society - Agriculture - 1860 - 848 pages
...shower — soon illustrating the truthful beauty of Lord Byron's description of the dying gladiator — "And his drooped head sinks gradually low, And through his side the last drops, ebbing (low, From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the lir.it of a thunder shower." the heavy drops,... | |
 | John Miley - Christianity and culture - 1843 - 382 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 the...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... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - Italy - 1843 - 616 pages
...agouy, And his droop M head sinks gradually low— And through his aide the last drops, ebbing Blow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower; and uow The arena swimi around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...rot. I see before me the gladiator lie: He leans upon his hand ; his manly brow Consents to death, but knowledge is inert, that energy which collects, combines,...must, with «ome hesitation, be allowed to Dryden. It hailed the wretch who won. He heard it, hut he heeded not ; his eyes Were with his heart, and that... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 92 pages
...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...— 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... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - English language - 1844 - 372 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 the...and now The arena swims around him — he is gone, Kre ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won He heard it, but he heeded not — his... | |
 | English periodicals - 1842 - 572 pages
...merely recherche illustration suggested by thought or perception of analogies purely intellectual : — "And through his side the last drops ebbing slow From...gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder shower." Nothing can be more forced than the comparison of drops of blood to drops of rain.... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...gladiator lie : '} CA*»"~*-v ÍA** . He leans upon his hand ; his manly brow ï Consents to death, but ) {#Ȝ i G' _ ɰh8& ~n I M6 \ ex j ...TF a Z]1Ya( Q( 9J S $§ Æ4Q@'_w G < clow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the firrt of a thunder-shower ; and now The arena... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...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...— 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... | |
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