Famous sculpture as seen and described by great writers (1910)
Singleton, Esther, d. 1930 · New York, Dodd · leaf 228
ntos in ChildeHarold the statue was known as the Dying Gladiator : * I see before me the gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand—his manly browConsents to death, but conquers agony.And his droopd head sinks gradually low —And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow. if/i if. ^ :^ :^ ^fi He… … O h < u OQ THE DYING GAUL 167 We now know that the Pergamene sculptor sought toshow one of his countrys Gaulish enemies in the agony ofdeath. The barbarian sinks back on to the narrow shieldof his race. At his side is his battle-horn. Round hisneck the Gallic torques. The shaggy eyebrows and…
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