 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...  New National Fifth Reader - Page 379by Charles Joseph Barnes - 1884 - 480 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Richard Digby Beste - 1826 - 538 pages
...can I sufficiently praise some specimens preserved in one room of the Capitol ? " I see before roe the Gladiator lie: " He leans upon his hand his manly...ebbing slow -' From the red gash, fall heavy, one by cue, " Like the first of a thunder-shower; and now " The arena swims around him. He is gone, " Ere... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1826 - 170 pages
...? Both are but theatres where the chief actors rot. N CXL. I see before me the Gladiator lie : (55) He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents...drooped head sinks gradually low — And through his nide the last drops ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower... | |
 | George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 804 pages
...battle-plains or listed spot? Both arc but theatres where the chief nctor< rot. CHILDE HAROLD'S ST. 140—119. droop'd head sinks gradually low — And through his side the lii.-l drops, eliding slow From the red... | |
 | 1826 - 464 pages
...the best panegyric upon this wonderful statue that I can give, I see before me the Gladiator Jie -; He leans upon his hand ; — his 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 :... | |
 | Nathaniel Hazeltine Carter - 1827 - 630 pages
...then go and search for pleasing associations at the Coliseum : " I see before me the gladiator lie j He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents...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... | |
 | Wilkins Tannehill - 1827 - 354 pages
...thousand gladiators engaged in mortal fight for the amusement and gratification of a depraved populace : I see before me the gladiator lie; He leans upon his...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,... | |
 | 1827 - 436 pages
...or, in the words of Byron, which form the best panegyric upon this wonderful statue that I can give, I see before me the Gladiator lie ; He leans upon his hand ; — his manly brow Consent* to death, but conquers agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low. and again, -His eyes... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1828 - 598 pages
...Childe Harold,* will remind the reader of the fate of the Dacian captives, when brought to 'Rome. ' I see before me the Gladiator lie ; He leans upon...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... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1828 - 598 pages
...of 'Childe Harold,' will remind the reader of the fate of the Dacian captives, when brought to Rome. 'I see before me the Gladiator lie ; He leans upon...ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thuneer-shower ; and now The arena swims around him, — he is gone, Ere ceased... | |
 | Nathaniel Hazeltine Carter - 1829 - 532 pages
...readers. Let any one peruse it, and then go and search for pleasing associations at the Coliseum : " I see before me the gladiator lie ; He leans upon...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... | |
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