 | George W. Burnap - Women - 1848 - 358 pages
...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 green,...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, And breathed in the face... | |
 | George W. Burnap - Women - 1848 - 358 pages
...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 green,...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... | |
 | William Harvey Wells - Cooperstown (N.Y.) - 1848 - 258 pages
...Gibbon. " Africa, as well as Gaul, was gradually fashioned to the imitation of the capital." — Ibid. "Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green,...That host with their banners, at sunset were seen." — Byron. " The almost unobserved advancement and diffusion of knowledge were paving the way for discoveries."... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - Prayer - 1848 - 414 pages
...Sennacherib I have heard." That same night the utter ruin of the Syrian army was accomplished. Lake the leaves of the forest, when summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset are seen ; Like the leaves of the forest, when autumn is flown, That host on the morrow lay withered... | |
 | Literature - 1853 - 842 pages
...and bars. Like the leave« of the forest when summer is green, That host in the month of October was seen ; Like the leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host in December was scattered and strown. For the " Fiend of the Storm" spread bis wings on the blast,... | |
 | Poetry - 1982 - 348 pages
...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 green,...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;... | |
 | Martin Gardner - Poetry - 1992 - 226 pages
...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 green,...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, And breathed in the face... | |
 | Arts - 1875 - 398 pages
...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 green,...when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown. " The effect is quite prismatic. These fierce warriors, instead of sweeping through... | |
 | Robert Atwan, Laurance Wieder - Poetry - 1993 - 514 pages
...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 green,...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;... | |
 | George Gordon Byron - Poetry - 1994 - 884 pages
...When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. П. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer ¡s = wither'd and strown. Ш. For the Angel of Death spread lúa wings on the blast, And breathed in the... | |
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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... 
