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...Comenta to death, but conquers agony, And his droop M head sinks gradually low. And through his side his last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy one by one, Like the Tint of a thunder-shower ; and now The arena swims around him— he is gone, 'Ere ceased the inhuman... | |
 | Edwin Guest - 1838 - 338 Seiten
...Sam|son : whom | unarm|ed| No strength of man or fiercest wild beast could withstand ? Samson Agon. And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow, From the red gash full heavy one by one, Like | the first | of a thun|der :-show'r|, and now| 3/: '2. With gentle penetration,... | |
 | Linney Gilbert - 1839 - 388 Seiten
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 | John William Carleton - 1848 - 550 Seiten
...BY CRAVEN. " I see before me the Gladiator lie ; He leant upon his hand — hU manly brow Contents to death, but conquers agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low. And through his side his last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower... | |
 | John Relly Beard - 1839 - 260 Seiten
...conflicts with beasts of prey, as ' the playthings of a crowd.' I see before mo the gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony ; And his dropp'd bead sinks gradually low — And through bis side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 590 Seiten
...CHAPTER IX. THE PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS AND PRIVATE LIFE OF THE ROMANS. 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... | |
 | George Washington Bethune - 1840 - 64 Seiten
...source, when he remembered Byron's picture of the same victim ! " I see before me the Gladiator lie ; He leans upon his hand, his manly brow Consents to...gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder shower; but now The arena swims around him ; he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - 1840 - 800 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... | |
 | E.C. and W. Osborne - 1840 - 334 Seiten
...show of the ancients is thus described by our great modern poet : 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... | |
 | 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... | |
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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 droop'd head sinks gradually low ; And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one,... 
