 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 Murray (Firm) - 1843 - 616 pages
...arena swimi 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 priie. But where his rude hut by the Danube lay. There were his... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 92 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.... | |
 | 1857 - 516 pages
...destruction of the Roman Empire into immediate contact with the brutalities of the Roman Circus ; — His eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away...his young barbarians all at play, ^ There was their Dacian mother;— he, their sire, Butchered to make a Koman. holiday ! All this rushed with his blood.... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pages
...arena swims around him ; he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who wen. h ĺ D 1 PO q e ( ( qh B ̣7 l*H; * `:i 9 ... ˒0[ - !D ؗ< xv u n\ ͒;9 ˗ pJh AV rC 5T # y@ u $ , bc G a 1 : 1 1 1 where his rude hut by the Danube lay ; Then were his young barbarians all at play, There... | |
 | Adam Mickiewicz - 1844 - 644 pages
...<« fteíít ®tfiá)t$$Qt ber fфcn jur Ьев 6í)riftentf)ume reifen «Slawen »or. *) 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 made a Roman holiday — All this rush'd with his... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...hailed the wretch who won. He heard it, hut he heeded not ; his eyes Were with his heart, and that ivas ; T/ttve were his young barbarians all at play, There was their Dacian mother — he, their sire, Butchered... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - 1844 - 372 pages
...arena swims around him — he is gone, Kre 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... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 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...lay — There were his young barbarians all at play, 1 These beautiful lines have often been quoted as an instance of the superior range of poetry, compared... | |
 | Joel Tyler Headley - 1845 - 240 pages
...expression of the figure, and when the " inhuman shout" rung over the arena to his victor, you know " He heard it but he heeded not — his eyes Were with...recked not of the life he lost nor prize, But where his rud« hut by the Daunbe lay, There were his young barbarians all at play, There was their Dacian mother... | |
 | 1958 - 454 pages
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