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" 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, Like... "
Childe Harold: Canto the Fourth, The Prisoner of Chillon and Mazepa - Page 49
by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1909 - 136 pages
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Childe Harold's pilgrimage, The giaour, The siege of Corinth [and other poems].

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1832 - 488 pages
...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...and now The arena swims around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won. CXLI. He heard it, but he heeded not...
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Lectures on General Literature, Poetry, &c., Delivered at the Royal ...

James Montgomery - Literature - 1833 - 368 pages
...the Gladiator lie ; He leans upon his hand ; his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers aeon? ; And his droop'd head sinks gradually low ; And through...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...
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The English Orator: a Selection of Pieces for Reading & Recitation

James Hedderwick - Oratory - 1833 - 232 pages
...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...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: his eyes...
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The Tourist: A Literary and Anti-slavery Journal, Volume 1

Antislavery movements - 1833 - 370 pages
...: 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...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 —...
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The Works of Lord Byron: With His Letters and Journals,

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1833 - 362 pages
...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...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...
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New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Volume 39

Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1833 - 564 pages
...agony ; And his droop'd beid links gradually low ; And through his aide, the last drop», ebbing alow From the red gash, fall heavy one by one, Like the...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...
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Introduction à l'histoire universelle

Jules Michelet - 1834 - 268 pages
...gkdiator lie : j He leans upon his hand — his manly brow . ; Consents to death ! but conquers agony , » And his droop'd head sinks gradually low — And through...the red gash , fall heavy , one by one , Like the 6rst of a thunder-show er ; and now The arena swims around hirn — he is gone ,| Ere ceased the inhuman...
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Whittaker's Improved Edition of Pinnock's Goldsmith's History of Rome:: To ...

Oliver Goldsmith - Rome - 1834 - 496 pages
...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...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...
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The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart, Volume 17

Walter Scott - 1835 - 400 pages
...: 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...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...
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The Works of George Byron: With His Letters and Journals, and His Life, Volume 8

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1836 - 356 pages
...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...and now The arena swims around him — he is gone, CXL. He heard it, but he heeded not — his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away : (') He...
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