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
| 1840 - 378 strani
...by holy love — the earliest oracle ! I see before me the gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand ; his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony,...the 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... | |
| Jules Michelet - 1840 - 718 strani
...rv, 191 -2. I see before me the gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents tq death! but conquers agony, And his droop'd head sinks...through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From I lie red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower; and now The arena swims... | |
| James Orange - 1840 - 534 strani
...lie, . ,He loans 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 . ' JFrom the red gash, fall heavy one by one, t,ike the first of a thunder shower: he is gone Ere... | |
| William Cooke Taylor - 1841 - 348 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,...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... | |
| George W. Burnap - 1841 - 288 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, Like the first of a thunder-shower; and now The arena swims around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the... | |
| 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... | |
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