 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 Quarterly Review - Page 220publié par - 1818Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | 1833 - 370 pages
...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 is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won. " lie heard it, but he heeded not — his eyes \\ere with his heart, and... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1833 - 368 pages
...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 is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout that hail'd the wretch who won." Now, all this sculpture has imbodied in perpetual marble, and every... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1833 - 564 pages
...his aide, the last drop», ebbing alow From the red 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 ahont that hall'd the wretch who won.' M Now'all this sculpture has embodied In perpetual marble.'and... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1833 - 348 pages
...of them could intimate by any visible sign. But we must return to the swoon of the dying man : — " The arena swims around him, — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout that hail'd the wretch who won. " He heard it, and he heeded not, — his eyes Were with his heart,... | |
 | William Henry Smyth - 1834 - 392 pages
...«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... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1834 - 496 pages
...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 is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman sound which hailed the wretch who won. He heard it, but he heeded not, his eyes Were with his heart,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1835 - 400 pages
...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 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... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1837 - 352 pages
...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 The arena swims around him...which hail'd the wretch who won. CxLI. He heard it, hut he heeded not — his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away ; l He reck'd not of the... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 982 pages
...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...the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won. CXLL He heard it, but he heeded not— his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away; (2) île... | |
 | 1838 - 332 pages
...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...the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won. He heard it, but he heeded not — his eyes Were with his heart, nnd that was far away; He reck'd not... | |
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