 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,...  Old and New - Stran 6061870Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | George Washington Burnap - 1841 - 296 strani
...admirably described by a modern poet. "I see before me the Gladiator lie:— He leans upon his hand—his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony,...ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, lake the first of a thunder-shower; and now The arena swims around him—he is gone, Ere ceased the... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - 1841 - 342 strani
...description of the Dying Gladiator : . I see before me the gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony,...— And through his side the last drops ebbing slow Prom the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder shower ; and now The arena swims... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - 1841 - 340 strani
...description of the Dying Gladiator: I see before me the gladiator lie : He'leans upon his hand—his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony,...low— And through his side the last drops ebbing slow Prom the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder shower ; and now The arena swims... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1841 - 464 strani
...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...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... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - 1841 - 390 strani
...description of a dying gladiator. 5. " I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony,...head sinks gradually low — And through his side the life drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder shower... | |
 | 1851 - 428 strani
...noble description of a departed poet. I see before me the gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony,...head sinks gradually low — And through his side tho last drops, ebbing s!ow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower... | |
 | New York State Agricultural Society - 1860 - 848 strani
...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 strani
...subjects to oppress. CHAPTER IV. " I see before me the gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand, — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony,...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... | |
 | 1843 - 368 strani
...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... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - 1844 - 372 strani
...and the grave ! THE DYING GLADIATOR. I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony,...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, Kre ceased... | |
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