| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 982 sider
...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 his...conquers agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low — (1) The following stanza was written as Ihe 136th,, but afterwards suppressed :— " If tu forgive... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 480 sider
...Both are but theatres, where the chief actors rot. CXL. I see before me the Gladiator lie: He leaus upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death,...conquers agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low — (1) The. following lianza wo« written as the 13Ctb, but afterward* suppressed: — " If to forgive... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1837 - 352 sider
...I see hefore me the Gladiator lie: 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... | |
| 1838 - 332 sider
...in errors his vain heart prefers, She safe in the simplicity of here. COWPKR. THE DYING GLADIATOR. I SEE before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon...around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won. He heard it, but he heeded not — his eyes Were with his heart,... | |
| James Montgomery - 1838 - 332 sider
...very statue is turned into verse, which Seems almost to make it visible : — THB DYING GLADIATOR. "I see before me the Gladiator lie ; He leans upon...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... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1838 - 618 sider
...Gladiator ; but then he described, not the marble in the Capitol, but the dying man in the ampbitheatre ; " And through his side the last drops ebbing slow From...arena swims around him, — he is gone Ere ceased th' inhuman shout that hailed the wretch that won. " He heard it, but he heeded not, — his eyei Were... | |
| 1838 - 728 sider
...described, not the marble in the Capitol, but the dying man in the amphitheatre ; " And through his aide the last drops ebbing slow From the red gash fall...arena swims around him, — he is gone Ere ceased th' inhuman shout that hailed the wretch that won. " He heard it, but he heeded not, — his eyes Were... | |
| Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 sider
...with pleasure come ; For often does the tempest blow, And Robin still is safe at home ! THE GLADIATOR. 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... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1838 - 598 sider
...management of the finances entrusted ? CHAPTER IX. THE PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS AND PRIVATE LIFE OF THE ROMANS. 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... | |
| Walter Scott - 1838 - 1198 sider
...convulsed features and stiffened limbs, but the mental feelings and throes of the expiring swordsman. " I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand, — his manly brow Consents to death, bat conquers agony, And his drooped head sinks gradually low, — And through his side the last drops,... | |
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