I see before me 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 From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one,... The Maritime Monthly - Página 1181874Visualização completa - Sobre este livro
| Abraham John Valpy - 1821 - 582 páginas
...his droop'd head sinks, gradually low : And from his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the sad gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a...around him. — He is gone Ere ceased the inhuman sound which hail'd the wretch who won. " He heard it, but he heeded not. His eyes Were with his heart,... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 478 páginas
...Of 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...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... | |
| 1833 - 554 páginas
...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...red gash, fall heavy one by one, Like the first of athunder-shower-,— and now The arena swims around him— he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout... | |
| Abraham John Valpy - 1822 - 582 páginas
...remembers, as he dies, " the scenes of his infancy, the hut of his mother, on the banks of the Danube." "I see before me the Gladiator lie: He leans upon his hand his manly brow; Consents to df ath, but conquers agony : And hisdroop'd head sinks gradually low; And from his side the last drops,... | |
| William Lisle Bowles - 1822 - 108 páginas
...statue before us. I look at the marble; I see you have faithfully exhibited the " Dying Gladiator:" " He leans upon his hand his manly brow, " Consents to death, but conquers agony." A fine idea, which the statue excites in the beholder, and which you have so powerfully expressed !... | |
| Abraham John Valpy - 1822 - 584 páginas
...drops, ebbing slow From the sad gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first drops of a thunder-shower ; and now The arena swims around him. — He is gone Ere ceased the inhuman sound which hail'dthe wretch who won. He heard it, but he heeded not. His eyes Were with his heart,... | |
| 1824 - 470 páginas
...or, in the words of Byron, which form the best panegyric upon this wonderful statue thai I can give, I see before me the Gladiator lie ; He leans upon...agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low. and again, -His eyes Were with his heart, and that was faf away : He reck'd not of the life he lost, nor... | |
| 1824 - 232 páginas
...of death, a circumstance which always draws forth sympatby from those most steeled against feeling. He leans upon his hand, his manly brow Consents to...conquers agony. And his droop'd head sinks gradually Ion, And through his side the last drops ebhing flow From the deep gash — fall heavy one by one Like... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824 - 334 páginas
...hefore me the Gladiator lic : (59) He leans upon his hand — his manly hrow Consents to death, hut conquers agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low — And through his side the last drops, ehhing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one hy one, Like the first of a thunder-shower ; and now... | |
| Moyle Sherer - 1825 - 454 páginas
...lie: He leans upon his hand—his manly browConsents 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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