 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...  Parnassus - Page 288edited by - 1875 - 534 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Sheridan Knowles - Elocution - 1847 - 344 pages
...and find eternal rest ! LESSON LII. Tfic Destruction of Scnnaclicrib. — BYRON. THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were...at sunset were seen; 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... | |
 | George W. Burnap - Women - 1848 - 358 pages
...poetic genius it becomes one of the most magnificent pictures in all literature. " The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were...at sunset were seen ; 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... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1848 - 428 pages
...stings for evermore The soul that must endure it THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB. THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were...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... | |
 | Thomas King Greenbank - 1849 - 446 pages
...foe — in one red burial blent! BYRON. THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB. THE Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in...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... | |
 | Joseph Guy - 1849 - 118 pages
...many a day with measures full of sadness! DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB. LOBD BYRON. THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were...summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset was seen; Like the leaves of the forest when autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pages
...calm but heaven ! IX DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIR'S HOST AT JERUSALEM. THE Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in...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... | |
 | George Croly - English poetry - 1850 - 442 pages
...air, And the clouds perished ; Darkness had no need THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB. The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were...forest when summer is green, That host with their baaners at sunset were seen: Like the leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the... | |
 | Charles Baker - 1850 - 446 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...at sunset were seen ; 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... | |
 | Religious poetry - 1850 - 300 pages
...And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold ; And the sheen of their spears was like stars in the sea When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee....summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset was seen ; Like the leaves of the forest when autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd... | |
 | John Celivergos Zachos - Elocution - 1851 - 570 pages
...Blessings shall hallow it Never ! oh, never ! BCOTT. THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB. THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were...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... | |
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