 I see before me the Gladiator 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 heavy, one by one,...  The works of lord Byron - Sida 251efter George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1830Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1842 - 866 sidor
...spot ? Both are but theatres where the chief actors rot, С XL. I sec before m« the Gladiator 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 drop?, ebbing slow From the red... | |
 | New York State Agricultural Society - 1860 - 848 sidor
...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 - 1843 - 382 sidor
...rooted out, there would remain no subjects to oppress. CHAPTER IV. " I see before me the gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand, — his manly brow Consents...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... | |
 | 1843 - 368 sidor
...oracle ! «*****#« I see before me the gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand ; his manly browConsents to death, but conquers agony, And his droop'd head...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... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - 1843 - 616 sidor
...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... | |
 | J. F. Gomoszyński - 1843 - 106 sidor
...good men's lives Expire before the flowers in their caps, Dying, or ere they sicken. MACBKTH, Act 4. He leans upon his hand ; his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his weak head hanga droopingly and low ; While from his side the life'drops tnrilling SowLike the first... | |
 | 1842 - 572 sidor
...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 - 1844 - 746 sidor
...listed spot t Both are but theatres where the chief actors rot. I see before me the gladiator lie: titutes a poet, that quality without which judgment is cold and knowledge is inert, th drooped head sinks gradually low: And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 sidor
.... He leans upon his hand ; his manly brow ï Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his drooped 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... | |
 | 1845 - 916 sidor
...shall beg to refresh the reader's memory. VOL. i. — NO. vii. 2 i. I see before me the Gladiator lie ; He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents...one, Like the first of a thunder-shower ; and now And now the arena swims around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch... | |
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