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,... Childe Harold's pilgrimage - Seite 255von George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1831Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1840 - 368 Seiten
...goddess, and the cell Haunted by holy love — the earliest oracle ! I see before me the gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand ; his manly brow Consents to...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...Dying Gladiator, contributed by JS Wright, Esq. il . "I see before me the gladiator 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... | |
| 1840 - 326 Seiten
...swiftly by, And together we'll pass to our " mansion on high." KI A PIONEEK OF OHIO. He leans upon hit hand — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony. And his drooped head sinks graduatly low— Ami tl,rough his tide the hlst drops, ebhing l!sw From the red... | |
| George W. Burnap - 1841 - 288 Seiten
...such scenes as that so admirably described by a modern poet. "I see before me the Gladiator lie: — He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents...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 he heeded not —... | |
| William Cooke Taylor - 1841 - 348 Seiten
...referring to Byron's noble description of the Dying Gladiator : I see before me the gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents...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... | |
| Walter Scott - 1841 - 464 Seiten
...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...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... | |
| George Washington Burnap - 1841 - 296 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...referring to Byron's noble description of the Dying Gladiator : . I see before me the gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents...— 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... | |
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