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 him, — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won. Calcutta Review - Page 941857Full view - About this book
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| John Relly Beard - 1839 - 260 pages
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| George Washington Bethune - 1840 - 64 pages
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| William Cooke Taylor - 1840 - 800 pages
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