 He heard it, but he heeded not - his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away He reck'd 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 - he,...  Lectures on the British Poets - Page 192by Henry Reed - 1860Full view - About this book
 | 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...recked not of the life he lost nor prize, But where his rud« hut by the Daunbe lay, There were his young barbarians all at play, There was their Dacian mother... | |
 | William Gilmore Simms - 1845 - 448 pages
...thunder-shower ; and now, The arena swims around him — he is gone Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won. He heard it, but he heeded...eyes, Were with his heart, and that was far away ; He reck'd not of the life he lost, nor prize, But where his rude hut by the Danube lay ; — There were... | |
 | 1845 - 916 pages
...thunder-shower ; and now And now the arena swims around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won ! He heard it, but he heeded...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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | William Lisle Bowles - 1819 - 240 pages
...arena twinu around him. — lie it ginte, , " Ere reai'd the inhuman tound which kilfd the wretch wltQ won. " He heard it, but he heeded not. His eyes ' " Were with hit heart, and that ical far away :. " He reth.d not of the life he hst, jjor prize; " But where hit... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1973 - 508 pages
...'Will no one tell me what she sings?' 5 so from Byron, too, at his best, there will come such verse as 'He heard it, but he heeded not; his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away.' Of verse of this high quality, Byron has much; of verse of a quality lower than this, of a quality... | |
 | National Rose Society - 1923 - 308 pages
...made by singing, ' Oh, how beautiful,' and sitting in the shade." You know Byron's famous lines: — There were his young barbarians all at play; There was their Dacian mother; he, their sire, Butcher 'd to make a Roman holiday 1 It isn't quite as bad as that, but never, never will I forget... | |
 | Bernard G. Beatty, Vincent Newey - 1988 - 308 pages
...The arena swims around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who He heard it, but he heeded not — his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away; He reck'd not of the life he lost nor prize, But where his rude hut by the Danube lay, There were his... | |
 | Vincent Newey, Ann Thompson - 1991 - 316 pages
...unexpected) we are taken from the eye-spectacle of public death to the interior vision of a heart: He heard it, but he heeded not — his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away; He reck'd not of the life he lost nor prize, But where his rude hut by the Danube lay There were his young... | |
 | Willa Cather - 2003 - 412 pages
...Harold's Pilgrimage (1812-1 8). The lines read ". . . he is gone, / Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won. / He heard it, but he heeded...eyes / Were with his heart, and that was far away; . . . where his rude hut by the Danube lay" (IV, stanzas 140-41). 75.2 1 the "Jewel" song: From Charles... | |
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