 | Moyle Sherer - 1825 - 454 sidor
...lie: He leans upon his hand—his manly browConsents to death, but conquers agony, And his drooped head sinks gradually low; And through his side the...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... | |
 | Moyle Sherer - 1825 - 454 sidor
...the very eye, a picture which I defy you to look upon without a true, an unaffected sorrow: — " I see before me the gladiator lie: He leans upon his...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,... | |
 | Moyle Sherer - 1825 - 454 sidor
...the very eye a picture which I defy you to look upon without a true, an unaffected sorrow : — " I see before me the gladiator lie : He leans upon his...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,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 906 sidor
...see before me the gladiator lie: 5 9 He leans upon his hand— his manly brow Consents to death, hut conquers agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually...low— And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow I'rom the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower; and now The arena swims... | |
 | George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 804 sidor
...or listed spot? Both arc but theatres where the chief nctor< rot. CHILDE HAROLD'S ST. 140—119. I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his...head sinks gradually low — And through his side the lii.-l drops, eliding slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1826 - 170 sidor
...Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his drooped head sinks gradually low — And through his nide the last drops ebbing slow From the red gash, fall...and now The arena swims around him — he is gone, [who won. Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch CXLI. He heard it, but he heeded not... | |
 | 1826 - 464 sidor
...the best panegyric upon this wonderful statue that I can give, I see before me the Gladiator Jie -; He leans upon his hand ; — his manly brow Consents...agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low. and again, -His eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away : He reek'd not of the life he lost, nor... | |
 | John Richard Digby Beste - 1826 - 538 sidor
...can I sufficiently praise some specimens preserved in one room of the Capitol ? " I see before roe the Gladiator lie: " He leans upon his hand his manly..." Consents to death, but conquers agony, " And his drooped head sinks gradually low— " And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow -' From the... | |
 | Wilkins Tannehill - 1827 - 354 sidor
...thousand gladiators engaged in mortal fight for the amusement and gratification of a depraved populace : I see before me the gladiator lie; He leans upon his...ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, • j T. ike fhe first of a thunder shower, and now » * * • •* t • » ' HISTORY OF LITERATURE.... | |
 | Nathaniel Hazeltine Carter - 1827 - 630 sidor
...then go and search for pleasing associations at the Coliseum : " I see before me the gladiator lie j 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... | |
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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 droop'd head sinks gradually low — And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one,... 
