 | William Gilmore Simms - 1845 - 448 pages
...; and now, The 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 —...There was their Dacian mother — he, their sire, ButcherM to make a Roman holiday !" — What a history is here ! — how complete — how true ! What... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...; and now The 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 —...eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away ; He recked not of the life he lost, nor prize, But where his rude hut by the Danube lay — There were... | |
 | 1845 - 916 pages
...now And now the 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 —...eyes Were 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; There were his... | |
 | 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 his heart, and that was far away ; He recked not of the life he lost nor prize, But where his rud« hut by the Daunbe lay, There were his... | |
 | Roger de Flor (fict.name.) - 1845 - 1130 pages
...subjects for contemplation, were to that spirit-stricken man as if they were not ; or, if he saw them, " He heeded not; his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away." As Ximenes approached, he paused for a moment, and gazed with interest upon the man before him. His... | |
 | 1846 - 236 pages
...; and now The 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 ;...were his young barbarians all at play ; — There was the Dacian mother — he their sire Butcher'd, to make a Roman holiday ! All this rush'd with his blood.... | |
 | Charles Frederick Henningsen - 1846 - 1084 pages
...slave-market> of Rome, that perished in her arenas. The statue which images the dying gladiator, when his eyes Were with his heart ; and that was far away...play ; There was their Dacian Mother, he their sire Butchered to make a Roman holiday. — the famous knife-grinder, whetting his knife to undergo the... | |
 | Gift - 1846 - 268 pages
...; and now The 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 —...eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away ; He recked not of the life he lost, nor prize, But where his rude hut by the Danube lay, There were his... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 1068 pages
...swims around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won. CXLI. i He heard it, but he heeded not — his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away; (1) He reck'd not of the life he lost nor prize, But where his rude hut by the Danube lay ; There were... | |
 | James Grant - 1846 - 372 pages
...delirium ; broken sentences and wild observations fell from his clammy lips. Ronald spoke to him : " He heard it, but he heeded not ; his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away." " O mother ! mother ! " said he in piercing accents, " dinna upbraid me wi' enlisting and leaving ye.... | |
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He heard it, but he heeded not — his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away; He recked not of the life he lost nor prize, But where his rude hut by the Danube lay: There were his young barbarians all at play, There was their Dacian mother —... 
