 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 hailed the wretch who won. He heard...  New National Third Reader - Page 374by Charles Joseph Barnes - 1884 - 240 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Moyle Sherer - 1825 - 454 pages
...arena swims around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wreteh 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 where his rude hut by the Danube lay, There were his... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1826 - 432 pages
...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 where his...his young barbarians all at play, There was their Dacian mother — he, their sire, Butcher'd to make a Roman holyday — All this rush'd with his blood... | |
 | George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 804 pages
...swims around him — he is gone, Ere < ni-i il the inhuman shout which hail'd the w retch who won. c _ $ 1 reck'd not of the life he lost nor prize, llul where his rude hut by the Danube lay ; There were his... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1826 - 438 pages
...they go beDying Gladiator, as denoting his insensibility to the noise and bustle around him : — " 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 where his rude hut by the Danube lay, There were his... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1826 - 170 pages
...his heart, and that was far away ; He reck'd not of the life he lost nor prize, But where his rnde hut by the Danube lay There were his young Barbarians all at play, There was their Dacian mother — he, their sire, Butcher'd to make a Roman holiday — (56) All this rush'd with his... | |
 | John Richard Digby Beste - 1826 - 538 pages
...him. He is gone, " Ere the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch " who won. " He heard it, but ':'»- 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 where his rude hut by the Danube lay, " Tltere wera... | |
 | 1826 - 464 pages
...manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low. and again, -His eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away : He reek'd not of the life he lost, nor prize ; But where his rude hut by the Danube lay, There were his... | |
 | 1827 - 590 pages
...forgot the savage arena, though purple with his own life's last tide, — forgot himself, — and — recked not of the life he lost nor prize ; But where...rude hut by the Danube lay ; — There were his young harbarians all at play, And there their Uacian mother. One of the finest and most spirit-stirring of... | |
 | Wilkins Tannehill - 1827 - 354 pages
...him : he is gone, E're ceas'd the inhuman shout that hail'd the wretch who won ! • » He heard, but heeded not; his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away : t « * He reck'd not of the life he lost, nor prize, , But where his rude hut by the Dannbe lay ;... | |
 | 1827 - 436 pages
...manly brow Consent* to death, but conquers agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low. and again, -His eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away : He reck'd not of the life he lost, nor prize ; But where his rude hut by the Danube lay, There were his... | |
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