 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 nightly on deep Galilee.  A Lady's Cruise in a French Man-of-war - Page 243by Constance Frederica Gordon Cumming - 1882 - 389 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Arthur Penrhyn Stanley - Jews - 1866 - 698 pages
...contemporary Prophets and Psalmists, as to make it a fit conclusion for the whole event: — The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming 8 in purple and gold ; Like the leaves 4 of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners... | |
 | Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1866 - 408 pages
...beam from the timber answerethit" JD BURNS. THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB'S ARMY. 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... | |
 | Readers - 1866 - 408 pages
...beam from the timber answereth it." JD BURNS. THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB'S ARMY. 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... | |
 | Severn river - English poetry - 1867 - 458 pages
...Et pondus cmeri fac leve sis meo. H. с. А. т. The Destruction of Sennacherib. НЕ Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purpleand gold, And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, Where the blue wave rolls... | |
 | Simon Kerl - English language - 1868 - 396 pages
...Thou art, 0 God, the life and light Of all this wondrous world we see." — Moore. "The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold.'1 — Byron. " Lives of great men all remind us Vfé can make our lives sublime." — Longfellow.... | |
 | Osborne William Tancock - English language - 1872 - 364 pages
...make a third she joined the other two. DRYDEN. 5. 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... | |
 | Arthur Penrhyn Stanley - Jews - 1874 - 756 pages
...contemporary Prophets and Psalmists, as to make it a fit conclusion for the whole event: — The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming 8 in purple and gold ; Like the leaves4 of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners... | |
 | William Ricketts Cooper - Assyria - 1875 - 72 pages
...the Annals of Sennacherib are preserved, ' Recm-ds of the Past, Vol. I, p. 38. ' " The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming with crimson and gold." 3 Lenormant, Vol. I., p. 400. 4 Herodotus, Euterpe CXLI. were written by scribes... | |
 | Charles Richard Tuttle - Kansas - 1876 - 752 pages
...kinds, besides saddle horses, had been employed to convey the multitude. When " The Assyrians came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming with purple and gold," there was splendor in the conquering host if there was no mercy ; but this horde,... | |
 | Code poetical reader - 1877 - 168 pages
...led all the rest.* flrst on the listTHE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB'S* ARMY. Byron. THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts * were gleaming with purple Cohort*, among the lli* ' A -1 Romans, a body of 500 ana gow, or 6oo merlj tne ienlh And... | |
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