 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
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1996 - 868 pages
...swims around him - he is gone, 1260 Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won. CXLI 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, CXL 1265 There... | |
 | Bruce Redford - 1996 - 156 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 young... | |
 | Augustus Hare - 2005 - 361 pages
...woo. 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 yotmy harimriims all at play, There was their DaelaB mother — he, their sire, Butchered to make «... | |
 | Francis Halsey - 2006 - 237 pages
...with Ms heart and that was far away. He reeked not of the life be lost, nor prize, But where his rede hut by the Danube lay, There were his young barbarians all at p!ay, Ther« was their Dacian mother — he, their sire, Butchered to make a Roman holiday." Altho... | |
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