 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, Like the first of a thunder-shower; and now The arena swims around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout...  Select specimens of English poetry - Page 39by Edward Hughes - 1856Full view - About this book
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1832 - 488 pages
...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 — his eyes Were with...Dacian mother — he, their sire, Butcher'd to make a Roman holiday — 6° All this rush'd with his blood. — Shall he expire, And unavenged ? — Arise... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 pages
...arena swims around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won. He heard it, but he heeded not — his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away ; He recked not of the life he lost or prize, But where his rude hut by the Danube lay,— There were his... | |
 | James Hedderwick - Oratory - 1833 - 232 pages
...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 Were with...Dacian mother — he, their sire, Butcher'd to make a Roman holiday ! All this rush'd with his blood. Shall he expire, And unavenged? — Arise! ye Goths,... | |
 | James Montgomery - Literature - 1833 - 368 pages
...him, — he is gone. Ere ceased the inhuman shout that hail'd the wretch who won. " He heard it, and he heeded not, — his eyes Were with his heart, and...Dacian mother : — he, their sire, Butcher'd to make a Roman holyday , All this gush'd with his blood." * * * Myriads of eyes had gazed upon that statue ;... | |
 | Antislavery movements - 1833 - 370 pages
...won. " lie heard it, but he heeded not — his eyes \\ere with his heart, and that was far away ; île reck'd not of the life he lost nor prize, But where...There was their Dacian mother — he, their sire, Butchered to make a Roman holidav — All this rushed with his bleod — Shall he expire And unavenged... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1833 - 564 pages
...• He heard it, and he heeded not,— his eyea Were with his heart, and that was far away; Re recked not of the life he lost, nor prize — But where his...his young barbarians all at play, There was their Daclan mother ;— he, their sire, Butcber'd to make a Roman holiday ; All tula gueh'd with his blood.'... | |
 | William Henry Smyth - Coins - 1834 - 392 pages
...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 Were with...Dacian mother — he, their sire, Butcher'd to make a Roman holiday — AH this rush'd with his blood — shall I expire And unavenged ? Arise ! ye Goths,... | |
 | Jules Michelet - 1834 - 268 pages
...hirn — he is gone ,| Ere ceased the inhuman shout -which hail'd the -wretcli who von. He heard il , but he heeded not — his eyes "Were with his heart...life he lost nor prize , But where his rude hut by ihe Danube lay There wre his young barbarians ail at play , There -was their Dacianmother — he ,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Rome - 1834 - 496 pages
...arena swims around him - he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman sound which hailed the wretch who won. He heard it, but he heeded not, his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away ; He recked not of the life he lost nor prizi-, But where his rudo hut by the Danube lay, There were his... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1835 - 400 pages
...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 Were...There was their Dacian mother, — he, their sire, ButcherM to make a Roman holiday, — All this rush'd with his blood, — shall he expire Ar.d unavenged... | |
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