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
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 480 pages
...Both are but theatres, where the chief actors rot. CXL. I see before me the Gladiator lie: He leaus upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low — (1) The. following lianza wo« written as the 13Ctb, but afterward*... | |
| Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...with pleasure come ; For often does the tempest blow, And Robin still is safe at home ! THE GLADIATOR. 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... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1838 - 598 pages
...management of the finances entrusted ? CHAPTER IX. THE PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS AND PRIVATE LIFE OF THE ROMANS. 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... | |
| James Montgomery - 1838 - 332 pages
...very statue is turned into verse, which Seems almost to make it visible : — THB DYING GLADIATOR. "I see before me the Gladiator lie ; He leans upon...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,... | |
| 1838 - 332 pages
...in errors his vain heart prefers, She safe in the simplicity of here. COWPKR. THE DYING GLADIATOR. I SEE before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon...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... | |
| Walter Scott - 1838 - 1198 pages
...convulsed features and stiffened limbs, but the mental feelings and throes of the expiring swordsman. " I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand, — his manly brow Consents to death, bat conquers agony, And his drooped head sinks gradually low, — And through his side the last drops,... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1838 - 618 pages
...Gladiator ; but then he described, not the marble in the Capitol, but the dying man in the ampbitheatre ; " 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 th'... | |
| 1838 - 728 pages
...described, not the marble in the Capitol, but the dying man in the amphitheatre ; " And through his aide 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 th'... | |
| 546 pages
...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... | |
| Edwin Guest - 1838 - 338 pages
...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,... | |
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