 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,...  Oeuvres - Page 28by Jules Michelet - 1840Full view - About this book
 | 1818 - 598 pages
...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 first of a. thunder-shower; and now The arena swims... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1818 - 600 pages
...: 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 first of a thunder-shower; and now The arena swims around... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 466 pages
...*9 He leans upon his hands — 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 first of a thunder shower; and now The arena swims around... | |
 | 1819 - 630 pages
...: 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, full heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower ; and now The arena swims... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 292 pages
...CXL. I see before me the Gladiator lie : (5® He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his droop'd head sinks...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... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 478 pages
...: 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 first of a thunder-shower; and now •• The arena... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1821 - 582 pages
...the Danube." " 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 from his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the sad gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first... | |
 | William Lisle Bowles - 1822 - 108 pages
...minutely. .' I see before me the Gladiator lie : " He leans upon bis hand his manly brow ; " Consents to death, but conquers agony, " And his droop'd head sinks gradually low : " And from his side the last drops, ebbing slum, " From the sad gash, fall heavy, one by one, " Like the... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824 - 334 pages
...hefore me the Gladiator lic : (59) He leans upon his hand — his manly hrow Consents to death, hut conquers agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low — And through his side the last drops, ehhing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one hy one, Like the first of a thunder-shower ; and now... | |
 | 1824 - 470 pages
...can give, 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 again, -His eyes Were with his heart, and that was faf away : He reck'd not of the life he lost, nor... | |
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