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© xroftB prise poem . —The Statue of the dying Gladiator .
Will then no pitying sword its succour lend The gladiator ' s mortal throes to end , To free th' unconquerM mind , whose gen ' rous pow ' r Triumphs o ' er Nature in her saddest hour ?—Bow'd law , and full of death , his head declines ; Yet o ' er his brow indignant valour shines ,
Still glares his closing eye with angry light s Now glares , now darkens with approaching flight . — I'hink not with terror heaves that sinewy breast-- — 'Tis vengeance visible , and pain supprest : Cairn in despair , in agony sedate , Hi * proud soul wrestles with o ' er mast ' ring fate $ That pang the conflict ends—he fails not
yet—Seems ev ' ry nerve for one last effort set , At once , by death , death's ling e ring pow ' r to brave—He will not sink , but plunge into thegrave—< Exhaust his mighty heart in one last sigh , Ai ) d rally life's whole energy—to die!—Unfear'dis now that cojrd , which oft ensnarM The baffled rival , whom his falchion spar'd ;
Those clarions mute , which on the murd rous stage , Rous'd him ^ 9 deeds of more than martial rage : Once pois'd by peerless might , once dear to fame , The shield , which could not guard , supports his frame : His fix'd eye dwells upon the faithless blade , As if in silent agony hef pray ' d— - < c Oh ! might I yet , by one avenging blow ,
** Not shun my fate , but share it with my foe ! ' * Vain hope !—the streams of life-blood fast descend ; That giant-arm ' s upbearing strength must bend ; Vet shall he scorn , procumbent , to betray One dastard sign of anguish or dismay ; With one weak plaint to shame his parting breath , In pangs sublime , magnificent in death !—But his were deeds unchronicled : his tomb
No patriot wreaths adorn ; to cheer his doom , Nl > soothing thoughts arise of duties done , Of trophied conquest for his country won j And he ,, whose sculptur ed form gave deathless fame
To Ctesilas—he dies without a name !—Haply to grace some Caesar ' ^ pageant pride , The hero-slave or hireling-champion died , When Rome , dejgen * rate Rome , for barl / rous shows - Bartered her virtue , glory , and repose , Sold all that fmemfen , prize as great and good , For pomps of death , and theatres of blood ! GEORGE ROBERT CHINNERY Chrut Church College ,. IUO .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1811, page 114, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2413/page/50/
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