 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's pilgrimage, a romaunt. Campe's ed - Page 224by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1831Full view - About this book
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