 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 Idler in Italy - Page 28by Marguerite Countess of Blessington - 1839Full view - About this book
 | Nathaniel Hazeltine Carter - Europe - 1829 - 532 pages
...readers. Let any one peruse it, and then go and search for pleasing associations at the Coliseum : " 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... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 782 pages
...men remote from power but rarely known, Leave reason, faith, and conscience, all our own. Ooldmith. I see before me the gladiator lie ; He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Coastals to death, but conquers agony. Lord Byron's ChMe HarM. AGON, among the ancients, implied any... | |
 | Harriet Morton (author of Protestant vigils.) - 1829 - 626 pages
...relative to these victories, in his touching description of the dying Gladiator in the Coliseum, — " I see before me the Gladiator lie ; He leans upon his hand, — his manly brow Cousents to death, but conquers agony, And his drooped head sinks gradually low, And through his side... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1831 - 358 pages
...brow Cousents to death, but conqners agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradnally tow — And throngh his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red...first of a thunder-shower; and now The arena swims aronnd him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shont which hail'd the wreteh who won. Cx LI. He... | |
 | 1838 - 598 pages
...Of worms — on battle plains or listed spot ? Both are but theatres where the chief actors rot. " I see before me the gladiator lie, He leans upon his hand— his manly brow Consents to death, but eonqaers agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low — And through his side the last drops, ebbing... | |
 | 1839 - 890 pages
...the puela — " I see before me the Gladiator lie -, • • • • his brow Consents to death, yet conquers agony. And his droop'd head sinks gradually low ; And through his tide, the last drops, ebbin^How From the red gash,Jatl heavy one by out, Like the first of a thunder... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 pages
...spirits sink, and move, In hearts all rocky now, the late remorse of love. BYHOX. 14 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... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1832 - 488 pages
...spot? Both are but theatres where the chief actors rot. CXL. I see before me the gladiator lie : 5> 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... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1833 - 362 pages
...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...a thunder-shower ; and now The arena swims around him—he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which haiTd the wretch who won. CXLI. He heard it, but... | |
 | James Montgomery - Literature - 1833 - 368 pages
...very statue is turned into verse, which seems almost to make it visible : — THE DYING GLADIATOR. " I see before me the Gladiator lie ; He leans upon...hand ; his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers aeon? ; And his droop'd head sinks gradually low ; And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow... | |
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