 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...  A History of English Rhythms - Page 245by Edwin Guest - 1838 - 318 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1818 - 622 pages
...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 the first ot'a thunder-shower; and now The arena swims around him —... | |
 | English literature - 1818 - 606 pages
...his manly brow Consents to de:ith, 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 the first of a thunder-shower; and now The arena swims around him —... | |
 | 1819 - 630 pages
...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...gash, full heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower ; and now The arena swims around him — be is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 466 pages
...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 the first of a thunder shower; and now The arena swims around him —... | |
 | 1833 - 474 pages
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 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1821 - 478 pages
...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 the first of a thunder-shower; and now •• The arena swims around him... | |
 | English literature - 1833 - 554 pages
...DTINO GT.ADIATOR. " ' I lee before me the gladiator lie; And liia droop'd head sinks gradually low j And through his side, the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy one by one, Like the first of athunder-shower-,— and now The arena swims around him—... | |
 | Moyle Sherer - Egypt - 1825 - 454 pages
...— 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 the first of a thunder-shower; and now The arena swims around him—he... | |
 | Moyle Sherer - Egypt - 1825 - 454 pages
...hand—his manly browConsents 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 the first of a thunder-shower; and now The arena swims around him—he... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 906 pages
...hand—his manly hrow 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, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower; and now The arena swims around him—he... | |
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