 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
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 590 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,... | |
 | Jules Michelet - 1840 - 718 pages
...his side the last drops, ebbing slow From I lie 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, and that -was far away He reck'd not... | |
 | 1840 - 368 pages
...his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavily, 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, and that was far away. He reck'd not... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - 1840 - 464 pages
...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,...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 not... | |
 | E.C. and W. Osborne - 1840 - 334 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. In the parish of Hanslope there were formerly many small farmers, but these have latterly almost disappeared,... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - 1840 - 800 pages
...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 hail'd the wretcli who won. He heard it, but he heeded not — his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far... | |
 | George Washington Bethune - 1840 - 64 pages
...drops ebbing slow, From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder shower; but now The arena swims around him ; he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won. He heard it, but he heeded not — his eyes Were with his heart, and that... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1840 - 340 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,... | |
 | George W. Burnap - 1841 - 288 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...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 not... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 998 pages
...drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, füll heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower; ami our remove — a public school phrase. We were on...his brother waa my iutilaate friend : there were a lie heard it. but lie heeded not — his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away; 1 He reck'd... | |
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