 | 1851 - 428 Seiten
...agony, And his droop'd 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 ; aud now The ii ivsui swims around him — he in gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1842 - 866 Seiten
...agony, And his droop 'd head sinks gradually low — And through his side the last drop?, ebbing slow nought of death, save as a dreadful thing Of which I have hea thunder-shower ; and now The arena swims around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which... | |
 | John Miley - 1843 - 382 Seiten
...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, 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... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - 1843 - 616 Seiten
...agouy, And his droop M head sinks gradually low— And through his aide the last drops, ebbing Blow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower; and uow The arena swimi around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which... | |
 | 1842 - 572 Seiten
...perception of analogies purely intellectual : — "And through his side the last drops ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder shower." Nothing can be more forced than the comparison of drops of blood to drops of rain. Note also the antithesis... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 92 Seiten
...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, Like the first of a thunder-shower; and now The arena swims around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - 1844 - 372 Seiten
...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, Like the first of a thunder-shower ; and now The arena swims around him — he is gone, Kre ceased the inhuman shout which... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 Seiten
...conquers agony, And his drooped head sinks gradually low: And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow ith «ome hesitation, be allowed to Dryden. It thunder-shower ; and now The arena swims around him ; he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which... | |
 | William Mitchell Gillespie - 1845 - 230 Seiten
...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, Like the first of a thunder shower ; and now The arena swims around him — he is gone, Ere ceas'd the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who... | |
 | William Gilmore Simms - 1845 - 448 Seiten
...— 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, Like the first of a thunder-shower ; and now, The arena swims around him — he is gone Ere ceased the inhuman shout which... | |
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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 drooped head sinks gradually low ; And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like... 
