 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 First[ -fifth] Reader - Page 380by Charles Joseph Barnes, J. Marshall Hawkes - 1884Full view - About this book
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1838 - 539 pages
...arena swims around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman sound which hailed the wretch who won. He heard it, but he heeded not, his eyes Were with...his young barbarians all at play, There was their Dacian mother, he their sire Butchered to make a Roman holiday — All this rush'd with his blood —... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1838
...ceased th' inhuman shout that hailed the wretch that won. " He heard it, but he heeded not, — his eyei Were with his heart, and that was far away; He recked not of the life he lost, nor prize, But where hia rude hut by the Danube lay, There were his young barbarians all at play, There was their Dacian... | |
 | 1838
...which hailed the wretch who won.' • 'His eyes Were witli his heurt, and that was far away ; He reck'd not of the life he lost, nor prize, But where his rude hut by the Danube tay, There were bis young barbarians all at play.' And this is our reading of the first chapter of... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1838 - 324 pages
...aim, — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout that hail'd the wretch who won. " He heard it, and 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, The.-e were... | |
 | 1838 - 320 pages
...arena swims 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, nnd that was far away; He reck'd not of the life he lost nor prize, But where his rude hut by the Danube... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1838
...He heard it, but he heeded not, — his eye» Were with his heart, and that was far away ; He reck'd not of the life he lost nor prize, — But where his rude hat by the Danube lay, There were his young barbarians all at play, There was their Dacian mother,... | |
 | Marguerite Countess of Blessington - 1839
...arena 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 young barbarians all at play ; There was their Dacian mother — he, their sire, Butchered to make a Roman holiday. All this rushed with his blood.... | |
 | Marguerite Gardiner (countess of Blessington.) - 1839
...— he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won. " He heard it, but l\e heeded not — his eyes Were with his heart, and that...his young barbarians all at play ; There was their Dacian mother — he, their sire, Butchered to make a Roman holiday. All this rushed with his blood.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 539 pages
...arena swims around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman sound which hailed the wretch who won. He heard it, but he heeded not, his eyes Were with...away ; He recked not of the life he lost nor prize, Hut where his rude hut by the Danube lay, There were his young barbarians all at play, There was their... | |
 | Linney Gilbert - 1839 - 280 pages
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