 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...He heard it, but he heeded not — his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away ; He recked not of the life he lost, nor prize, But where his...lay — There were his young barbarians all at play, 1 These beautiful lines have often been quoted as an instance of the superior range of poetry, compared... | |
 | Joel Tyler Headley - Italy - 1845 - 240 pages
...slowly away, while his thoughts, far from the scene of strife, reckless who was the victor, were " Where his rude hut by the Danube lay — There were...barbarians all at play, There was their Dacian mother." Oh, what wild heart-breakings had been in that arena ! Every inch of it had been soaked in blood, and... | |
 | Charles Frederick Henningsen - Peasantry - 1846 - 1084 pages
...statue which images the dying gladiator, when his eyes Were with his heart ; and that was far away : He reck'd not of the life he lost, nor prize ; But where...Dacian Mother, he their sire Butchered to make a Roman holiday. — the famous knife-grinder, whetting his knife to undergo the last humiliation of servitude,... | |
 | Gift - 1846 - 268 pages
...He heard it, but he heeded not — his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away ; He recked not of the life he lost, nor prize, But where his...mother — he, their sire, Butchered to make a Roman holiday ! — All this rushed with his blood — Shall ho expire, And unrevcnged ? Arise, ye Goths,... | |
 | National Rose Society - Rosaceae - 1923 - 308 pages
...made by singing, ' Oh, how beautiful,' and sitting in the shade." You know Byron's famous lines: — There were his young barbarians all at play; There was their Dacian mother; he, their sire, Butcher 'd to make a Roman holiday 1 It isn't quite as bad as that, but never, never will I forget... | |
 | Vincent Newey, Ann Thompson - History - 1991 - 316 pages
...a heart: He heard it, but he heeded not — his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away; He reck'd not of the life he lost nor prize, But where...There was their Dacian mother — he, their sire, Butcher'd to make a Roman holiday — All this rush'd with his blood — Shall he expire And unaveng'd?... | |
 | Michael Grant - Gladiators - 1995 - 136 pages
...won. He heard it, but he heeded not - his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away; He recked not of the life he lost nor prize, But where his rude...mother - he, their sire, Butchered to make a Roman holiday. While African boys raked over the bloodstained sand, fallen gladiators were taken away. A... | |
 | Bruce Redford - Travel - 1996 - 156 pages
...who won. He heard it, but he heeded not — his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away; He reck'd not of the life he lost nor prize, But where...There was their Dacian mother — he, their sire, Butcher'd to make a Roman holiday — All this rush'd with his blood — Shall he expire And unavenged?... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - Poetry - 1996 - 868 pages
...won. CXLI He heard it, but he heeded not - his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away: He reck'd not of the life he lost nor prize, But where his rude hut by the Danube lay, CXL 1265 There were his young barbarians all at play, There was their Dacian mother - he, their sire,... | |
 | William Sanders Scarborough - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 462 pages
...Childe Harold published in April 1818 by George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788-1824). The lines read:"There was their Dacian mother: he their sire / Butchered to make a Roman Holiday." 3. It reads: My Dear Sirs, In view of the fact that I find it impossible to maintain my dignity... | |
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and that was far away. He recked not of the life he lost nor prize, But where his rude hut by the Danube lay, There were his young barbarians all at play, There was their Daci.an mother, — he, their sire, Butchered to make a Roman holiday! — All this... 
