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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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Wade's London Review, Volumes 1-3

Great Britain - 1845 - 916 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...one, Like the first of a thunder-shower ; and now And now the arena swims around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch...
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Rome: as Seen by a New-Yorker in 1843-4

William Mitchell Gillespie - Rome (Italy) - 1845 - 230 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 ceas'd the inhuman shout which...
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The Complete Works of Lord Byron: Reprinted from the Last London Ed ...

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 1068 pages
...— his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually lowAm! through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From...and now The arena swims around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won. CXLI. i He heard it, but he heeded not...
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Glimpses of the Wonderful

Animals - 1846 - 236 pages
...Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low : And through his sides the last drops ebbing slow From the red gash fall...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...
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Gift of love and friendship [an anthology of verse].

Gift - 1846 - 268 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 Christmas Holydays in Rome

William Ingraham Kip - Rome (Italy) - 1846 - 478 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...the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavily, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower ; and now The arena swims around him — he...
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The Art of Elocution: From the Simple Articulation of the Elemental Sounds ...

George Vandenhoff - Elocution - 1846 - 398 pages
...Consents to death,"1 but conquers agony,"1p And his droop'd head"1 sinks"1 gradually*1 low,"1 rrtard. And through his side'" the last drops,'" ebbing slow" From the red gash,"1- fall heavy"1 one by one,"L Like the first of a thunder shower ; and now"1 The arena swims...
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The Works of Lord Byron, Including the Suppressed Poems: Also a Sketch of ...

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 848 pages
...finks gradually low— AnJ through lii? side the last drops, ebbing slow From lite red у ash, I'.ill horn ; The throng'd arena shakes Toe arena swim? arouii'l him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who...
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The Elocutionary Reader; Or, Rhetorical Class Book

Hugh Gawthrop - Recitations - 1847 - 184 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, hut he heeded not — his...
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The Poetical Works of Lord Byron: Complete in One Volume

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1847 - 880 pages
...his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his droop 'd head sinks gradually tow— neath — be is gone. Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won. cm. Re heard it but he...
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