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... The Dublin university magazine - Page 342by University magazine - 1876Full view - About this book
| William Gilmore Simms - 1845 - 448 pages
...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...swims around 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,... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...: 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...around 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,... | |
| Lynn Thorndike - 1926 - 702 pages
...Gaul: 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...heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower. . . . The Laocoon group, representing the priest of Neptune and his two sons attacked by the two serpents... | |
| Eugen Kölbing, Johannes Hoops, Arthur Kölbing, Reinald Hoops, Albert Wagner - 1903 - 484 pages
...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...around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won. He heard it, but he heeded not — his eyes \yere with his heart... | |
| George Gordon Byron - 1994 - 884 pages
...agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low— And through his aide the last drops, ebbing slow Prom the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first...swims around him— he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shoot which hail' Л the wretch who won. CXLI. He heard it, bat he heeded not — his eyes Were with... | |
| David B. Cohen - 1995 - 372 pages
...speaks: 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...swims around him — he is gone Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won. With his life's work, Castlereagh had won his place in history.... | |
| John Varriano - 1995 - 304 pages
...upon his hand - his manly brow Consents to his death, but conquers agony, And his drooped head sinks low, And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow...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 human shout which hailed... | |
| Bruce Redford - 1996 - 156 pages
...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...around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won. He heard it, but he heeded not — his eyes Were with his heart,... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1996 - 868 pages
...Gladiator lie: He leans upon his hand - his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, 1255 And his droop'd head sinks gradually low And through his side...thunder-shower; and now The arena swims around him - he is gone, 1260 Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won. CXLI He heard it, but he heeded... | |
| Frederick Burwick, Jürgen Klein - 1996 - 576 pages
...pair of lovers; Raine glosses this set of figures as "an emblem of the source of ail life" (9). ebhing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower. (1256-8). Equally revealing is the order of the ekphrastic passages, which begin with Venus (433-68),... | |
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