| Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1833 - 564 Seiten
...agony ; And his droop'd beid links gradually low ; And through his aide, the last drop», ebbing alow From the red gash, fall heavy one by one, Like the...around him — he Is gone, Ere ceased the Inhuman ahont that hall'd the wretch who won.' M Now'all this sculpture has embodied In perpetual marble.'and... | |
| James Montgomery - 1833 - 368 Seiten
...very statue is turned into verse, which seems almost to make it visible : — THE DYING GLADIATOR. " I see before me the Gladiator lie ; He leans upon...hand ; his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers aeon? ; And his droop'd head sinks gradually low ; And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow... | |
| 1833 - 370 Seiten
...gladiator which he introduces into his Childe Harold, and with which we will close this article. " I see before me the gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, bat conquers agony, And his drooped head sinks gradually low — And through his side the last drops,... | |
| Jules Michelet - 1834 - 268 Seiten
...moi le gladiateur expirant. . . — Childe-Harold. iv, 191-2. I see before me the gkdiator lie : j He leans upon his hand — his manly brow . ; Consents...the red gash , fall heavy , one by one , Like the 6rst of a thunder-show er ; and now The arena swims around hirn — he is gone ,| Ere ceased the inhuman... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1834 - 496 Seiten
...was the management of the finances entrusted ? THE PUBLIC AMUSKMENT8 AND PRIVATE LIFE OF TH1 ROMANS. I see before me the gladiator lie ; He leans upon...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... | |
| William Henry Smyth - 1834 - 392 Seiten
...«till further to increase the public hilarity, 2000 gladiators were matched in mortal affray : — " and now The arena swims around him — he is gone,...the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won." " He heard it, but he heeded not — his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away ; He reck'd... | |
| Walter Scott - 1835 - 400 Seiten
...convulsed features and stiffened limbs, but the mental feelings and throes of the expiring swordsman. ' I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon...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... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1836 - 356 Seiten
...Of worms — on battle-plains or listed spot ? Both are but theatres where the chief actors rot. II see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his...and now The arena swims around him — he is gone, CXL. He heard it, but he heeded not — his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away : (') He... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1837 - 356 Seiten
...worms — on battle-plains or listed spot ? Both are but theatres where the chief actors rot. CXL. I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon...— he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which I mi I'd the wretch who won. ex LI. He heard it, but he heeded not — his eyes Were with his heart,... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 982 Seiten
...worms — on battle-plains or listed spot? Both are but theatres, where the chief actors rot. CXL. I see before me the Gladiator lie: He leans upon his...conquers agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low — (1) The following stanza was written as Ihe 136th,, but afterwards suppressed :— " If tu forgive... | |
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