 Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen ; Like the leaves of the forest when autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown. For the angel of death...  The Poetical Works of Lord Byron: With Lifeby George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1857 - 576 pagesSnippet view - About this book
 | Joseph Guy - 1852 - 458 pages
...were seen ; Like the leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown. For the Angel of Death spread his wings...wax'd deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still ! And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through it... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1852 - 248 pages
...morrow lay wither'd and strewn. For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breath'd in the face of the foe as he pass'd ; And the eyes...chill, And their hearts but once heav'd, and for ever were still. And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through it there roll'd not the... | |
 | Henry Harbaugh - 1853 - 314 pages
...host with their banners at sunset were seen : Like the leaves of the forest when autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown. For...the blast And breathed in the face of the foe as he passed ; And the eyes of the sleeper waxed deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - 800 pages
...morrow lay wither'd and strown. For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed on the face of the foe as he pass'd ; And the eyes of...wax'd deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still ! THE EAST. Know ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1854 - 320 pages
...were seen : Like the leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown. For the Angel of Death spread his wings...wax'd deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still ! And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through it... | |
 | George Washington Burnap - Women - 1854 - 346 pages
...leaves of the forest when autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow- lay wither'd and strown. " For ihe angel of death spread his wings on the blast, And...sleepers wax'd deadly and chill, And their hearts butonceheaved,and forever grewslill. " And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through... | |
 | John Daniel Morell - 1854 - 128 pages
...host with their banners at sunset were seen ; Like the leaves of the forest, when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown ;...the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he past. 10. Ye mariners of England, Who guard our native seas, Whose flag hath braved a thousand years,... | |
 | 1854 - 400 pages
...autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown. " For the angel of death spread hie wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the...wax'd deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew etill. " And there lay the rider, distorted and pale, With the dew on his... | |
 | Bible stories, English - 1854 - 818 pages
...morrow lay wither'd and strown. For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breath'd in the face of the foe as he pass'd ; And the eyes...wax'd deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still. And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through it... | |
 | Robert Gordon Latham - English language - 1855 - 542 pages
...the leaves of the forest when autumn is blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown. 3. For the A'ngel of Death spread his wings on the blast,...wax'd deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still. 4. And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide ; But through... | |
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