 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 gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like...  The North American Review - Page 85edited by - 1838Full view - About this book
 | William Cooke Taylor - 1840 - 800 pages
...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...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... | |
 | 1840 - 368 pages
...sinks gradually low ; And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavily, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower; and...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 : his eyes Were with... | |
 | 1840 - 378 pages
...; 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 heavily, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower; and now The arena swims around him : he is... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - 1840 - 464 pages
...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 hail'd the wretch who won. He heard it, but he heeded not — his eyes Were... | |
 | George W. Burnap - 1841 - 288 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1841 - 464 pages
...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...of a thunder-shower; 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... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - 1841 - 348 pages
...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...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... | |
 | George Washington Burnap - 1841 - 296 pages
...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, lake the first of a thunder-shower; and now The arena swims around him—he is gone, Ere ceased the... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - 1841 - 390 pages
...death, but conquers agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low — And through his side the life 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... | |
 | 1851 - 428 pages
...agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low — And through his side tho last drops, ebbing s!ow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower ; aud now The ii ivsui swims around him — he in gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the... | |
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