 | Jules Michelet - France - 1840 - 718 pages
...the gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents tq death! but conquers agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low — And through 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... | |
 | James Orange - 1840 - 534 pages
...lie, . ,He loans 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 . ' JFrom the red gash, fall heavy one by one, t,ike the first of a thunder shower: he is gone Ere... | |
 | George W. Burnap - Women - 1841 - 288 pages
...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 —... | |
 | Walter Scott - English literature - 1841 - 464 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...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. " He heard it, but... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - Civilization - 1841 - 348 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...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... | |
 | George Washington Burnap - Women - 1841 - 296 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...ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, lake the first of a thunder-shower; and now The arena swims around him—he is gone, Ere ceased the... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - Civilization - 1841 - 340 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 his side the last drops ebbing slow Prom the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder shower ; and now The arena swims... | |
 | Civilization - 1851 - 428 pages
...agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low — And through his side tho last drops, ebbing s!ow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower ; aud now The ii ivsui swims around him — he in gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - Bible - 1841 - 390 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 his side the life drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder shower... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1842 - 866 pages
...conquers agony, And his droop 'd head sinks gradually low — And through his side the last drop?, irit! I Know nought of death, save as a dreadful thing Of which I have heard my parents speak, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won. CXLI. He heard it, but he heeded not... | |
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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... 
