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 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English literature - 1826 - 566 pages
...he hlended With the voice of the spoiler hy me ! THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB. THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in pnrple and gold ; And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the hlne wave rolls... | |
 | Samuel Putnam - Readers - 1831 - 236 pages
...Rolled together, inwrapped ; involved. No. 41. — The Destruction of Sennacherib. THE 'Assyrian came down like the wolf On the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming with purple and gold ; And the 'sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue waves... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - English language - 1839 - 242 pages
...best in the shade, but which wither when exposed to the influence of the sun." " The Assyrian came down, like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming with purple and gold ; And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave... | |
 | Charles Baker - 1850 - 446 pages
...accomplished in every point. DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB. "I WILL SEND A BLAST UPON HIM." The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming with purple and gold, And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue waves... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - Readers - 1842 - 322 pages
...morning, be- hold, they were all dead corpses." — 2 Kings, 19th Chap. 35th verse. 1. THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming iu purple and gold ; And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls... | |
 | James Roderick O'Flanagan - 1861 - 418 pages
...Assyrian recalls the destruction of Sennacherib's army, of whom Lord Byron wrote — The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming with purple and gold, And the sheen of their spears was like stars in the sea, When the blue wave shines... | |
 | Simon Kerl - English language - 1861 - 372 pages
...winds come when forests are rended; Of all this wondrous world we see."—Moore. " The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming with purple and gold."—Byron. " Lives of great men all remind us Come as the waves come when navies... | |
 | Coventry Patmore - Children's poetry - 1862 - 372 pages
...hunt the wolf in the woods to-day. ST Coleridge CLXVI THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming with purple and gold. And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - English poetry - 1863 - 420 pages
...thy torch at Nature's funeral pile. Same. £.-.0 THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB. THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purplo and gold ; And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls... | |
 | Playtime - 1863 - 436 pages
...breathless all, Fitz-James arose. SIR W. SCOTT. CXVIII THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB. The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming with purple and gold, And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls... | |
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