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 —... The Quarterly Review - Page 2261818Full view - About this book
| William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1842 - 834 pages
...which the sign of the Goat and Gridiron would inspire ? No ! Of him it might be said with Byron, " He heard it, but he heeded not. His eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away ; The simple element he did despise — • But where the tap-room in Whitechapel lay, There were his... | |
| 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...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 young barbarians all at play, There... | |
| 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 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... | |
| 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\ recked not of the life he lost nor prize, 1 : 1 1 1 where his rude hut by the Danube lay ; Then were... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...won. He heard it, hut he heeded not ; his eyes Were with his heart, and that ivas far away : He recked ; T/ttve were his young barbarians all at play, There was their Dacian mother — he, their sire, Butchered... | |
| 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 ; He recked not of the life he lost, nor prize, But where his rude hut by the Danube lay, There were his... | |
| 1845 - 916 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 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... | |
| 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 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... | |
| 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... | |
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