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,... Applied Philosophy - Page 33by Climenson Yelverton Charles Dawbarn - 1923 - 331 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Lisle Bowles - 1822 - 108 pages
...shower; and now " The arena swims around him.He is gone, " lire ceas'd the inhuman sound which hiWd the wretch who won* " He heard it, but he heeded not...." Were with his heart, and that was far away: " He reek'il not of the life he lost, nor prize ; " But where hit rude hut by the Danube lay, " There were... | |
| Abraham John Valpy - 1822 - 582 pages
...thunder-shower ; and now The arena swims around him. He is gone Kre ceased the inhuman sound which hail'dthe wretch who won. , He heard it, but he heeded not....eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away : He rcck'd not of the life he lest, nor prize ; But where his rude hut by the Danube lay, There were his... | |
| 1876 - 1204 pages
...wilderness." For pathos and tenderness let the last stanza of the well-known " Dying Gladiator," witness : " He heard it, but he heeded not ; his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away : He recked not of the life he lost nor prize, But where his rude hut by the Danube lay. There were his... | |
| William Lisle Bowles - 1822 - 260 pages
...; and now " The arena swims around him. He is gone, " Ere ceas'dthe inhuman sound which kill'd the wretch who won. " He heard it, but he heeded not. His eyes '" Were irith hit heart, and that was far away: " He reck'dnot of the life he lost, nor prize ; " But where... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824 - 334 pages
...ehhing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one hy one, Like the first 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. CXLL He heard it, hut he heeded not his eyes Were with his heart, and... | |
| Moyle Sherer - 1825 - 454 pages
...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, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wreteh who won. " He heard it, but he heeded not his eyes Were with his heart, and that... | |
| 1826 - 464 pages
...manly brow Consents to death, but conquers 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 prize ; But where his rude hut by the Danube lay, There were his... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1826 - 852 pages
...thunder-shower ; and now The arena swim« around him he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won. He heard it, but he heeded not his «yes Were with his heart , and that was far away ; He reck'd not of the life he lost nor prize, But... | |
| Nathaniel Hazeltine Carter - 1827 - 630 pages
...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, Ere ceased the inhuman shout, which hailed the wretch who won.'4 Let us now cross the square and hasten through the Palace of the Conservators on the opposite... | |
| Wilkins Tannehill - 1827 - 354 pages
...him : he is gone, E're ceas'd the inhuman shout that hail'd the wretch who won ! » He heard, but heeded not; his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away : t « * He reck'd not of the life he lost, nor prize, , But where his rude hut by the Dannbe lay ;... | |
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