...features and stiffened limbs, but the mental feelings and throes of the expiring swordsman. CXL. ' I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon...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...

...features and stiffened limbs, but the mental feelings and throes ttf the expiring swordsman. CXL. ' I see before me the Gladiator lie: He leans upon his...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...

...features and stiffened limbs, but the mental feelings and throes of the expiring swordsman. CXL. ' I see before me the Gladiator lie: He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to de:ith, but conquers agony, And his drooped head sinks gradually low — And through his side the last...

...features and stiffened limbs, but the mental feelings and throes of the expiring swordsman. CXL. ' I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon...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...

...eye, if not the ear, of such as are accustomed to correct rhymes, and a consistent orthography : " I see before me the gladiator lie : " He leans upon his hand ; his manly brow [.agony, " Consents to death, but conquers " And his drooped head sinks gradually low, [ebbiug slow...

...Theatres where the chief actors rot. CXL. I see before me the Gladiator lie ; 55 He leans upon bis hand — his manly brow Consents to death , but conquers agony , And his drooped head sinks gradually low-— And through his side the last drqps , ebbing slow From the red...

...Of worms — on battle-plains or listed spot? Both are but theatres where the chief actors rot. CXL. I see before me the gladiator lie : He leans upon...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...

...spot ? Both are but theatres where the chief actors rot. CXL. I see before me the Gladiator lie : (39> He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents...agony, 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...

...examine your copy again, and more minutely. "I see before me the Gladiator lie : " He leans upon bis hand his manly brow ; " Consents to death, but conquers...his side the last drops, ebbing slow, " From the sad gath, fall heavy, one by one, " Like the first drops of a thunder shower ; and now " The arena swims...

...statue before us. I look at the marble; I see you have faithfully exhibited the " Dying Gladiator:" " He leans upon his hand his manly brow, " Consents to death, but conquers agony." A fine idea, which the statue excites in the beholder, and which you have so powerfully expressed !...