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, There were his young barbarians all at play, There was their Dacian mother— he, their sire, Butcher'd to make a Roman... The works of lord Byron - Page 56by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1826Full view - About this book
| Europe - 1847 - 568 pages
...He heard it, bnt 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...his young barbarians all at play, There was their Dorian mother — he, their sire, Butchered to make a Roman holyday — All this rushed with bis blood... | |
| 1847 - 556 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, Tliere was their Dacian mother — he, their sire, Butchered to make a Koman holiday. All this rushed... | |
| Hugh Gawthrop - Recitations - 1847 - 184 pages
...ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won. He heard it, hut he heeded not — his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away : He reck'd...the life he lost nor prize, But where his rude hut hy the Danube lay, There were his young barbarians all at play, There was their Dacian mother — he,... | |
| Methodist Episcopal Church - 1847 - 454 pages
...ccaecd the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch 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, uor prize, lînt where his rude hut by the Danube lay, There were his younE barbarians all at play,... | |
| George W. Burnap - Women - 1848 - 358 pages
...ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won. He heard it, but he heeded not — his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away. He reck'd...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?... | |
| Jacob Johan van Rennes - 1927 - 194 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 rude...There was their Dacian mother — he, their sire, Butchered to make a Roman holiday — All this rushed with his blood — Shall he expire And unavenged?... | |
| Dominic Barthel - Elocution - 1927 - 790 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...There was their Dacian mother ; — he, their sire, Butchered to make a Roman holiday! All this rushed with his blood. — Shall he expire, And unavenged... | |
| Arthur Beatty - English poetry - 1928 - 582 pages
...the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won. CXLI He heard it, but he heeded not — his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away; He reck'd...There was their Dacian mother — he, their sire, Butchgrjjl to make a Roman holiday-^— All this rush'd with his blood — -Shall he expire And unavenged... | |
| 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...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 the heartrending, piteous tones of... | |
| |