 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...  Complete Rhetoric - Page 179by Alfred Hix Welsh - 1885 - 346 pagesFull view - About this book
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...brow which " conquered agony " has drooped at length, and from his side the last drops ebbing flow — "The arena swims around him— he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won." Having taken the round of the Exhibitions, let us return once again to... | |
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...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 the...the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won. CXLI. ' lie heard it, but he heeded not — his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away; Hereck'd... | |
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...shower ; " The Arena swims around him — he is gone, <f E'er ceased the inhuman shout, which hails the wretch, who won : " He heard it, but he heeded not ; his eyet " Wrre with his heart, and that was far away; [/""tee, &c. " fla reck'd not of the life lie lost,... | |
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...agony , And his drooped head sinks gradually low-— And through his side the last drqps , ebbing slow From the red gash , fall heavy , one by one , Like the first drops of a thunder-shower, and now The arena swims around him— he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman... | |
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