 | John BRUCE (Minister of Low Hill Cemetery, Liverpool.) - Death - 1827 - 240 pages
...the leaves of the forest when autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown. Wl For the 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,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1828 - 406 pages
...the leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown. 3. For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast,...their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still ' And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through it there roll'd not the breath of... | |
 | English poetry - 1828 - 814 pages
...the leaves of the forest when autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown. in. 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... | |
 | Christian poetry, English - 1828 - 398 pages
...Like the leaves of the forest when autum hath bio wn That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strewn. For the 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,... | |
 | Religious poetry - 1828 - 198 pages
...the leaves of the forest when autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay witherrd and strovvn. 5 For the 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,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Isaac Nathan - Jews - 1829 - 268 pages
...Like the leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown. For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast,...wax'd deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heav'd, and forever grew still! And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through it there... | |
 | Thomas Willcocks - 1829 - 334 pages
...Like the leaves of the forest 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 breath'd in the face of the foe as he pass'd ; And the eyes of the sleepers wax'd deadly and chill,... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1839 - 512 pages
...planned the destruction of Jerusalem, and whose army was arrested, overthrown, and destroyed: — " For the angel of death spread his wings on the blast,...And breathed in the face of the foe as he pass'd." But this opinion, though correct as far as it goes, only embraces a small part of the prophet's intent.... | |
 | Samuel Putnam - Readers - 1831 - 236 pages
...the leaves of the forest 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 of the 'foe as he passed ; And the eyes of the sleepers 'waxed deadly and chill, And their hearts but once 'heaved, and... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1832 - 488 pages
...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 on the blast,...their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still ! And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through it there roll'd not the breath of... | |
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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 spread his wings on the... 
