 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 906 pages
...5 9 He leans upon his hand— his manly brow Consents to death, hut conquers agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low— And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow I'rom the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower; and now The arena swims... | |
 | John Richard Digby Beste - 1826 - 538 pages
...can I sufficiently praise some specimens preserved in one room of the Capitol ? " I see before roe the Gladiator lie: " He leans upon his hand his manly...ebbing slow -' From the red gash, fall heavy, one by cue, " Like the first of a thunder-shower; and now " The arena swims around him. He is gone, " Ere... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1826 - 170 pages
...? Both are but theatres where the chief actors rot. N CXL. I see before me the Gladiator lie : (55) He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents...drooped head sinks gradually low — And through his nide the last drops ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower... | |
 | George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 804 pages
...battle-plains or listed spot? Both arc but theatres where the chief nctor< rot. CHILDE HAROLD'S ST. 140—119. droop'd head sinks gradually low — And through his side the lii.-l drops, eliding slow From the red... | |
 | 1826 - 464 pages
...the best panegyric upon this wonderful statue that I can give, I see before me the Gladiator Jie -; 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 far away :... | |
 | Nathaniel Hazeltine Carter - 1827 - 630 pages
...then go and search for pleasing associations at the Coliseum : " I see before me the gladiator lie j He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents...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... | |
 | Wilkins Tannehill - 1827 - 354 pages
...thousand gladiators engaged in mortal fight for the amusement and gratification of a depraved populace : I see before me the gladiator lie; He leans upon his...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,... | |
 | 1827 - 436 pages
...or, in the words of Byron, which form the best panegyric upon this wonderful statue that I can give, I see before me the Gladiator lie ; He leans upon his hand ; — his manly brow Consent* to death, but conquers agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low. and again, -His eyes... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1828 - 598 pages
...of 'Childe Harold,' will remind the reader of the fate of the Dacian captives, when brought to Rome. 'I see before me the Gladiator lie ; He leans upon...gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thuneer-shower ; and now The arena swims around him, — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1828 - 780 pages
...hi« droop d head sinke gradually low — And through hi* side the last drops, ebbing slow From lite red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower; and now i ТЫ: arena swims around him— lie is gone, i let near. H the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch... | |
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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,... 
