 | Morning call - 1850 - 608 էջ
...immediately before the eyes, and heart of our readers : — i " 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... | |
 | Thomas Powell - 1850 - 384 էջ
...be produced. Let us turn to Byron, and see how he treats it. " 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... | |
 | Thomas Powell - 1850 - 380 էջ
...be produced. Let us turn to Byron, and see how he treats it. " 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... | |
 | John Murray (Firm), Octavian Blewitt - 1850 - 750 էջ
...The right arm and the toes of both feet are admirably restored. " 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 tow — And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From... | |
 | Horatio Hastings Weld - 1851 - 250 էջ
...them succeeded but too well, and sunk, mortally wounded, at the feet of his unwilling conqueror. " 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... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - 1851 - 1502 էջ
...in the mute persuasion of her mangled Tully. — E. EVERETT. 5. 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 flow From the... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 780 էջ
...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 conquers agony, And his drooped head sinks gradually low ; And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1851 - 352 էջ
...listed spot? Both are but theatres where the chief actors rot. CXL. 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... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 էջ
...5. Gradually. Ere. Shout. Expire. Swims, Sure. Unavenged. Lay. I SEE before me the gladiator lie ; He leans upon his hand,— his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony,1 And his droop'd head sinks gradually low, And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow... | |
 | Samuel Sullivan Cox - 1852 - 462 էջ
...that all nature seems to have been invoked by the artist, to give unity and expression to his idea. " He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to Death, but conquers agony." A nobler idea could not be more beautifully carved. It is the highest attainment of that Art, which would... | |
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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... 
