 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
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1842 - 316 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. 3. For the angel of death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - Elocution - 1847 - 344 pages
...and find eternal rest ! LESSON LII. Tfic Destruction of Scnnaclicrib. — BYRON. THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were...Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed on the face of the foe, as he pass'd; And the eyes of the sleepers wax'd deadly and chill, And their... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1847 - 526 pages
...one bound — escapes control. BYRON'S Corsair. 17. How peaceful and how powerful is the grave ! 18. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green,...That host, on the morrow, lay wither'd and strown ! BYRON. 19. And dull the film along his dim eye grew. BYRON'S Lara. 20. Yes, this was once ambition's... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1847 - 540 pages
...one bound — escapes control. BYRON'S Corsair. 17. How peaceful and how powe.ful is the grave '. 18. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green,...blown, That host, on the morrow, lay wither'd and strovvn ! BYRON. 19. And dull the film along his dim eye grew. BYRON'S Lara. 20. Yes, this was once... | |
 | Medicine - 1847 - 600 pages
...noon-day and the arrow that flieth by night!" There is 33 much philosophy as truth in the description : " Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green,...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... | |
 | 1847 - 592 pages
...noon-day and the arrow that flieth by night !" There is as much philosophy as truth in the description : " Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green,...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... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1848 - 428 pages
...lore, Nor music's voice can lure it ; But there it stings for evermore The soul that must endure it THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB. THE Assyrian came...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... | |
 | George W. Burnap - Women - 1848 - 358 pages
...poetic genius it becomes one of the most magnificent pictures in all literature. "The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were...forest when autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lav wither'd and strown. " For the angel of death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the... | |
 | Thomas King Greenbank - 1849 - 446 pages
...foe — in one red burial blent! BYRON. THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB. THE Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in...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... | |
 | Joseph Guy - 1849 - 118 pages
...Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset was seen; Like the leaves of the forest when autumn hath...angel of death spread his wings on the blast, And breath'd on the face of the foe as he pass'd; And the eyes of the sleepers wax'd deadly and chill,... | |
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