For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he passed; And the eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still! Songs of Three Centuries - Page 125edited by - 1875 - 352 pagesFull view - About this book
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1815 - 230 pages
...the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee, n. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen:...blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown. III. For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - Bookbinders - 1815 - 324 pages
...the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. II. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen :...blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown. III. For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1816 - 234 pages
...the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. II. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen:...blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown. III. For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1817 - 226 pages
...the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. n. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen:...blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown. III. For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he... | |
| 1818 - 384 pages
...blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest whea Summer is green, That hust with their banners at sunset were seen : Like the...the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, grew still. And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through it there rolled not the... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1821 - 478 pages
...the blue ware rolls nightly on deep Galilee. II. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen :...blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown. III. For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he... | |
| Arminianism - 1819 - 996 pages
...the most discerning. Death met him in a croud one day, green, The host with their banners at suuset were seen : Like the leaves of the forest when Autumn...passed; And the eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still ! And there lay the steed with... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1823 - 310 pages
...the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. II. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen :...blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown. III. For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he... | |
| Cabinet - Literature - 1824 - 440 pages
...the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. IILike the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen :...hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and striiwn. Ill, For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the... | |
| William Carpenter - 1824 - 604 pages
...the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. 2. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen :...blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown. 3. For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he... | |
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