 | 1838 - 728 sidor
...described, not the marble in the Capitol, but the dying man in the amphitheatre ; " And through his aide the last drops ebbing slow From the red gash fall...and now The arena swims around him, — he is gone Ere ceased th' inhuman shout that hailed the wretch that won. " He heard it, but he heeded not, —... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 sidor
...pleasure come ; For often does the tempest blow, And Robin still is safe at home ! THE GLADIATOR. 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... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1838 - 598 sidor
...management of the finances entrusted ? CHAPTER IX. THE PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS AND PRIVATE LIFE OF THE ROMANS. 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... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1838 - 1198 sidor
...convulsed features and stiffened limbs, but the mental feelings and throes of the expiring swordsman. " I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand, — his manly brow Consents to death, bat conquers agony, And his drooped head sinks gradually low, — And through his side the last drops,... | |
 | 546 sidor
...Comenta to death, but conquers agony, And his droop M head sinks gradually low. And through his side his last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy one by one, Like the Tint of a thunder-shower ; and now The arena swims around him— he is gone, 'Ere ceased the inhuman... | |
 | Edwin Guest - 1838 - 338 sidor
...Sam|son : whom | unarm|ed| No strength of man or fiercest wild beast could withstand ? Samson Agon. And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow, From the red gash full heavy one by one, Like | the first | of a thun|der :-show'r|, and now| 3/: '2. With gentle penetration,... | |
 | Marguerite Countess of Blessington - 1839 - 394 sidor
...allusion to the subject, suggested, by the view of the Coliseum and the celebrated statue at Rome. — " I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his...and now The arena swims around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won. " He heard it, but he heeded not —... | |
 | Marguerite Gardiner (countess of Blessington.) - 1839 - 424 sidor
...allusion to the subject, suggested by the view of the Coliseum and the celebrated statue at Rome. — " I see before me the Gladiator lie: He leans upon his...and now The arena swims around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won. " He heard it, but l\e heeded not —... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 590 sidor
...management of the finances entrusted? CHAPTER IX. THE PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS AND PRIVATE LIFE OF THE ROMANS. 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... | |
 | John Relly Beard - 1839 - 260 sidor
...each by the other, in conflicts with beasts of prey, as ' the playthings of a crowd.' I see before mo the gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand — his...brow Consents to death, but conquers agony ; And his dropp'd bead sinks gradually low — And through bis 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,... 
