 | Gift - 1846 - 268 pages
...Sleep on then, sleep ! A. c. THE DYING GLADIATOB. I SEE before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his drooped 'head sinks gradually low — And through his side the last drops ebbing slow From the red... | |
 | Hugh Gawthrop - 1847 - 184 pages
...are but theatres where the chief actors rot. I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers...agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low — And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1847 - 880 pages
...are but theatres where the chief acton rot CXL. I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his droop 'd head sinks gradually tow— And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red... | |
 | George W. Burnap - 1848 - 358 pages
...so admirably described by a modern poet. " I see before me ihe Gladiator lie: — He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers...agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low — And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first... | |
 | Thomas King Greenbank - 1849 - 446 pages
...some strong swimmer in his agony. THE GLADIATOR. I SEE before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers...agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low — And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first... | |
 | Two creations - 1849 - 138 pages
...foe, perhaps, his countryman and his friend. " I see before me the gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand ; his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers...agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low : And thro' his sides the last drops ebbing slow From the red gash fall heavily, one by one, Like the first... | |
 | Morning call - 1850 - 608 pages
...the eyes, and heart of our readers : — i " I see before me the gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers...agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low— And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pages
...and Persian died. XXVIII THE DYING GLADIATOR. I SEE before me the gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand, — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers...agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low ; And through his side the last drops ebbing slow From the red gash, fell heavy one by one, Like the first... | |
 | A. Cunningham - 1850 - 200 pages
...Both are but theatres where chief actors rot. I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers...agony ; And his droop'd head sinks gradually low ; And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first... | |
 | John Murray (Firm), Octavian Blewitt - 1850 - 750 pages
...the toes of both feet are admirably restored. " I see before me the gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony. And his droop'd head sinks gradually tow — And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one,... | |
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I see before me the Gladiator lie: He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low — And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one,... 
