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... The Poetical Works of Lord Byron: With Lifeby George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1857 - 576 pagesSnippet view - About this book
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1826 - 852 pages
...spcare was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. Like the leave* of the forest when Summer is green, That host with...seen: Like the leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown. That host on the morrow lay wither'd und strewn. For the Angel of Death spread hie wing« on... | |
| John BRUCE (Minister of Low Hill Cemetery, Liverpool.) - Death - 1827 - 240 pages
...their spears was like stars on the sea, j , When the hlue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. lee, Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green,...seen ; Like 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... | |
| William Carpenter - 1824 - 604 pages
...sheen of their spears was like stan on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. 2. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green,...seen : Like the leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown. 3. For the Angel of Death spread his wings... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1828 - 406 pages
...sheen of their spears was like stars on the sen, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. 2. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green,...seen : Like 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... | |
| English poetry - 1828 - 814 pages
...THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB. I. The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold ; And the sheen of...When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. II. Like the leaves of tin- forest when summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were... | |
| Religious poetry - 1828 - 198 pages
...SCOTT. DESTRUCTION OF THK ASSYRIANS. 1 The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold ; And the sheen of...When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. 8 Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Isaac Nathan - Jews - 1829 - 268 pages
...purple and gold ; And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue waves roll nightly on deep Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest...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... | |
| Thomas Willcocks - 1829 - 334 pages
...like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold ; And the sheen of his spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave...forest, when Summer is green, That host with their bauners at sunset were seen : Like the leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the... | |
| Methodist Church - 1839 - 512 pages
...; and when they arose early in the morning, behold they were all dead corpses," Isa. xxxvii, 36. " Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green,...seen ; Like the leaves of the forest when autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown." Thus Judah is preserved, and the Assyrian... | |
| Henry Stebbing - Religious poetry, English - 1832 - 378 pages
...DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB. [RYRON.] THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold; And the sheen of...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... | |
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