 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,...  British Poets of the Nineteenth Century - Pàgina 237editat per - 1910 - 935 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1856 - 540 pàgines
...drawn in the following " wondrous words of simple English :" — " I see before me the gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents...who won. " He heard it, but he heeded not — his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away ; He reck'd not of the life he lost, nor prize. But... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1856 - 833 pàgines
...chief actors rot. CXL. I see before me the gladiator lie : 59 ( !X ''' ! u He leans upon his hand—his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony,...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. CXLI. He heard it,... | |
 | Octavian Blewitt - 1856 - 428 pàgines
...conquers agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low— And through his side the 1;ы. drops, ebbing From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the...wretch who won. He heard it, but he heeded not — his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away ; He reck'd not of the life he lost nor prize, But... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1857 - 800 pàgines
...Chrtetlau example to all tho nations of tho earth 1 158 BYRON. [GEORGE I see before me the gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand ; his manly brow Consents to...wretch who won He heard it, but he heeded not ; his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away: He reck'd not of the life he lost, nor prize ; But... | |
 | Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1857 - 606 pàgines
...wonderful piece of sculpture in a touching and graphic stanza :— " I see before me the gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand ; his manly brow Consents to...him. He is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which haiFd the wretch who won." I ought not to omit to say that we found a number of American artists at... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1857 - 424 pàgines
...— yet rising to the rapt vision of the dying athlete : — " I see before me the gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand ; his manly brow Consents to...around him : he is gone Ere ceased the inhuman shout that hail'd the wretch who won. " He heard it, but he heeded not ; his eyes Were with his heart, and... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 480 pàgines
...yet wrestles with the pangs under which it is about to expire. " I see before me the Gladiator lie, He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents...one, Like the first of a thunder-shower ; and now Th' arena swims around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout that hail'd the wretch who... | |
 | 1899 - 328 pàgines
...: 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...him : he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won. He heard it, but he heeded not : his eyes Were with his heart, and that... | |
 | Seymour Eaton - 1899 - 338 pàgines
...: 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...him : he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won. He heard it, but he heeded not : his eyes Were with his heart, and that... | |
 | Henry Coppée - 1899 - 544 pàgines
...lie ; He leans uj>on his hand ; his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his drooped head sinks gradually low, And through his side the...him : he is gone Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch wha " He heard it, but he heeded not; his eyes Were with his heart, and that was... | |
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