 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, Like...  University local half-hour examination papers - Page 38by John Robertson (LL.D., of Upton Park sch.) - 1882Full view - About this book
 | William Cooke Taylor - Civilization - 1841 - 340 pages
...the gladiator lie : He'leans upon his hand—his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low— And through his side the last drops ebbing slow Prom the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder shower ; and now The arena swims... | |
 | Civilization - 1851 - 428 pages
...agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low — And through his side tho last drops, ebbing s!ow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower ; aud now The ii ivsui swims around him — he in gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - Bible - 1841 - 390 pages
...the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low — And through his side the life drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder shower... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1842 - 866 pages
...conquers agony, And his droop 'd head sinks gradually low — And through his side the last drop?, irit! I Know nought of death, save as a dreadful thing Of which I have hea thunder-shower ; and now The arena swims around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which... | |
 | New York State Agricultural Society - Agriculture - 1860 - 848 pages
...illustrating the truthful beauty of Lord Byron's description of the dying gladiator — "And his drooped head sinks gradually low, And through his side the last drops, ebbing (low, From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the lir.it of a thunder shower." the heavy drops,... | |
 | John Miley - Christianity and culture - 1843 - 382 pages
...the gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand, — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low, And through...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... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - Italy - 1843 - 616 pages
...agouy, And his droop M head sinks gradually low— And through his aide the last drops, ebbing Blow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower; and uow The arena swimi around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - English language - 1844 - 372 pages
...the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low ; And through...gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower ; and now The arena swims around him — he is gone, Kre ceased the inhuman shout which... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...lie: He leans upon his hand ; his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his drooped which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates,...must, with «ome hesitation, be allowed to Dryden. It thunder-shower ; and now The arena swims around him ; he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 92 pages
...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...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... | |
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