...as " He leans upon his hand — Ms manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his drooped head sinks gradually low ; And through his side the...gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder shower ; " — the Venus of the Capitol, none too well veiled for common gaze ; and many a...

...conquers agony, And his drooped head sinks gradually low,— And through !ш ящг. the last, drnpíi, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thuüder.shower ; and BOW The arena swims around him — he is goiae, Ere ceased the mbtmian shout...

...treatment of Rome (first published in 1818), famously evokes the death of a gladiator in the Colosseum: He leans upon his hand - his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony. (Canto IV, stanzas 140-1) The 'inhuman shout' of the Roman spectators hails the victor; the dying man...