 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
 | John Relly Beard - 1839 - 240 pages
...won. He heard it, but heeded not — his eyes -\Vere with his heart, and that was far away; He rcck'd not of the life he lost, nor prize, But where his rude hut by the Danube lay ; Tlt&re were his young barbarians all at play, Tlwre was their Dacian mother — he, their tirr, Butcher'd... | |
 | ...he is gone Ere ceased the inhuman shout which Hail'd the wretch who won. He heard it, but he heeds not — his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away ; He reck'd not of the life he lost nor prize, Rut where his rude hut by the Danube lay There were his young... | |
 | George Washington Bethune - 1840 - 45 pages
...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... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1840 - 324 pages
..." 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 young barbarians all at play, There was their Dacian mother : — he, their sire, Butcher'd to make a Roman holyday , All this gush'd with his blood."... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - 1840
...He heard it, but 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...his young barbarians all at play, There was their Dacian mother — he their sire, Butcher'd to make a Roman holiday — All this rnsh'd with his blood... | |
 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - 1840
...won. He heard it, but 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...his young barbarians all at play, There was their Dacian mother — he, their sire, Butcher'd to make a Roman holyday : All this rush'd with his blood.... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - 1840 - 347 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, 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, There were his... | |
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...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, 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, There were his... | |
 | Jules Michelet - 1840
...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, 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 There were his young... | |
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