 The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold; And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest when summer is...  Poems - Page 302by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1866 - 719 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Daniel Gardner - Constitutional law - 1844 - 324 pages
...of the God of Sabaoth by the Assyrian. The angel breathed upon his armed hosts, and they perished, "Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green,...That host on the morrow, lay wither'd and strown. And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through it there roll'd not the breath of his... | |
 | Daniel Gardner - Constitutional law - 1844 - 336 pages
...of the God of Sabaoth by the Assyrian. The angel breathed upon his armed hosts, and they perished, " Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green,...when autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow, lay wither'cl and strown. And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through it there roll'd... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pages
...THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB.' THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts f were gleaming in purple and gold; And the sheen of...blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown. * 2 Kings, xix. 35. t A legion was divided into ten cohorts. For the Angel of Death spread his wings... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - Readers - 1845 - 312 pages
...sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Gallilee. 2. Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green,...when autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strewn. S. For the angel of death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the /ace... | |
 | John Hall - Elocution - 1845 - 354 pages
...sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. 2. Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green',...when autumn hath 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... | |
 | Bradford Frazee - English language - 1845 - 214 pages
...sheen of the spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. 2. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green,...were seen : Like the leaves of the forest when Autumn is blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown. 3. For the Angel of Death spread his wings... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green,3 That host with their banners at sunset were seen ;...when autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown. For the angel of death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face... | |
 | John Burke, Bernard Burke - Genealogy - 1848 - 636 pages
...forgetfulness in the one, and more barbarity in the other. " J*. ABD-EL-KADER. " The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were...when autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown." PEACE, humanity, and civilization, are deeply indebted to the desolate and magnificent... | |
 | Mary Milner - 1851 - 816 pages
...of Austria, Suabia, Alsace, Strasbourg, Lucerne, and Zurich, amounting to upwards of 26,000 men ! " Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green,...That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown." ' Shortly after this glorious victory, the treaty of alliance between the three cantons was finally... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 1068 pages
...And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold And the sheen of their spears was like stars on th< sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee...were seen : Like the leaves of the forest when autumn ball blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown. For the Angel uf Death spread his wings... | |
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