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,... An Introduction to the Study of Poetry - Página 83por Henry Bernard Cotterill - 1882 - 328 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1833 - 554 páginas
...ebbing slow From the 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 that hail'd the wretch who won,* " Now all this sculpture has embodied in perpetual marble, 'and every... | |
| Abraham John Valpy - 1821 - 582 páginas
...ebbing slow From the sad 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 hail'd the wretch who won. " He heard it, but he heeded not. His eyes Were with his heart,... | |
| 1876 - 1204 páginas
...wilderness." For pathos and tenderness let the last stanza of the well-known " Dying Gladiator," witness : " He heard it, but he heeded not ; his eyes Were with...his young barbarians all at play, There was their Dacinn mother — he, their sire, Butchered to make a .11. .nnm holiday. All this rushed with his blood...."... | |
| William Lisle Bowles - 1822 - 108 páginas
...and now " The arena swims around him. — He is gone " Kre ceased the inhuman .sound which liail'd the wretch who won. " He heard it, but he heeded not...." Were with his heart, and that was far away: " He reck'd not of the life he lost, nor prize ; " But where his rude hut by the Danube lay, " There were... | |
| Abraham John Valpy - 1822 - 582 páginas
...thunder-shower ; and now The arena swims around him. — He is gone Kre ceased the inhuman sound which hail'dthe wretch who won. , He heard it, but he heeded not....eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away : He rcck'd not of the life he lest, nor prize ; But where his rude hut by the Danube lay, There were his... | |
| 1822 - 580 páginas
...oue, Ere ceased the inhuman sound which hail'dthe wretch . . The arena swims around him.—He is gone who won. He heard it, but he heeded not. His eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away: He reck'd not of the life he lost, nor prize; But where his rude hut by the Danube lay, There were his... | |
| William Lisle Bowles - 1822 - 260 páginas
...; and now " The arena swims around him. — He is gone, " Ere ceas'dthe inhuman sound which kill'd the wretch who won. " He heard it, but he heeded not. His eyes '" Were irith hit heart, and that was far away: " He reck'dnot of the life he lost, nor prize ; " But where... | |
| 1824 - 232 páginas
...shower ; and now, The arena swings around him — he is gone, Ere ceas'd the inbuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won. He heard it, but he heeded not...eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away ; He reck'd not of the life he lost — nor prize, But where his rude but by the Danube lay; — There were... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824 - 334 páginas
...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 — he is gone, Ere ceased .the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won. CXLL He heard it, hut he heeded not— his eyes Were with his heart, and... | |
| Moyle Sherer - 1825 - 454 páginas
...thunder-shower; and now The arena swims around him—he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won. " He heard it, but he heeded not...eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away ; He reck'd not of the life he lost, nor prize; But where his rude hut by the Danube lay, There were his... | |
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