| James A. W. Heffernan - 2004 - 261 Seiten
...indignation, unaccomplished rage; And still the cheated eye expects his fall. (Liberty 4. 152-62) Byron: I see before me the Gladiator lie: He leans upon his...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... | |
| Daniel Eddy - 2005 - 509 Seiten
...as " He leans upon his hand — Ms manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his drooped head sinks gradually low ; And through his side the...gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder shower ; " — the Venus of the Capitol, none too well veiled for common gaze ; and many a... | |
| Augustus Hare - 2005 - 361 Seiten
...conquers agony, And his drooped head sinks gradually low,— And through !ш ящг. the last, drnpíi, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thuüder.shower ; and BOW The arena swims around him — he is goiae, Ere ceased the mbtmian shout... | |
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