 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 Washington Burnap - 1841 - 296 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 his side the...ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, lake the first of a thunder-shower; and now The arena swims around him—he is gone, Ere ceased the... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 998 pages
...are hut theatres, where the chief actors rot. -' T XL.™ I see before me the Gladiator lie: He Jeans hort space of one month, I have lost her who gave me i'íing, and most of those droopM head sinks gradually low — (I) The following afnnzn was written as the Kilitli, but afterwards... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - 1841 - 340 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 his side the last drops ebbing slow Prom the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder shower ; and now The arena swims... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1842 - 866 pages
...battle-plains or listed spot ? Both are but theatres where the chief actors rot, С XL. I sec before m« the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand — his...brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his droop 'd head sinks gradually low — And through his side the last drop?, ebbing slow From the red... | |
 | New York State Agricultural Society - 1860 - 848 pages
...shower — soon illustrating the truthful beauty of Lord Byron's description of the dying gladiator — "And his drooped head sinks gradually low, And through his side the last drops, ebbing (low, From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the lir.it of a thunder shower." the heavy drops,... | |
 | John Miley - 1843 - 382 pages
...vanquished party was entirely rooted out, there would remain no subjects to oppress. CHAPTER IV. " 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,... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - 1843 - 616 pages
...regarded as a copy. The right arm and the toes of both feet were admirably restored by Michael Angelo. " I see before me the gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand— his manly brow Consents to death, butconquers agouy, And his droop M head sinks gradually low— And through his aide the last drops,... | |
 | J. F. Gomoszyński - 1843 - 106 pages
...good men's lives Expire before the flowers in their caps, Dying, or ere they sicken. MACBKTH, Act 4. He leans upon his hand ; his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his weak head hanga droopingly and low ; While from his side the life'drops tnrilling SowLike the first... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1843 - 560 pages
...spot? Both are but theatres where the chief actors rot. I see before me the Gladiator lie : (') Ho 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... | |
 | 1843 - 368 pages
...greeting Of an enamour'd goddess, and the cell Haunted by holy love — the earliest oracle ! «*****#« I see before me the gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand ; his manly browConsents to death, but conquers agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low ; And through his... | |
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