 | Robert Gordon Latham - English language - 1843 - 236 pages
...the forest when Autumn is blown, That h6st on the marrow lay withered and strown. 3. For the A'ngcl of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he pass'd ; And the ejes of the sleepers wax'd deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still.... | |
 | Daniel Gardner - Constitutional law - 1844 - 336 pages
...the leaves of the forest, when autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow, lay wither'cl and strown. And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide,...roll'd not the breath of his pride : And the foam of his gasping lay white on the turf, And cold as the spray on the rock beating surf. And the widows of... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Elocution - 1844 - 900 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 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... | |
 | Universalism - 1860 - 444 pages
...the expression noted above. In the poem on the " Destruction of Sennacherib," he has the following: " 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, Their hearts but once heaved, and forever... | |
 | Bradford Frazee - English language - 1845 - 214 pages
...the leaves of the forest when Autumn is blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown. 3. For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast,...deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still. 4 And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide ; But through it there rolled... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 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,...deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still. And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, B ut through it there roll'd... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pages
...legion was divided into ten cohorts. 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...wax'd deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heav'd, and for ever grew still! And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, And through it... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - Readers - 1845 - 312 pages
...withered and strewn. S. For the angel of death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the /ace of the foe as he pass'd; And the eyes of the sleepers...and chill. And their hearts but once heaved — and for ever grew still 5 And there lay the rider distorted and pale, With the dew on his brow, and the... | |
 | John Hall - Elocution - 1845 - 354 pages
...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 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... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 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 breathed in the face of the foe as he past ; And the eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved — and... | |
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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 wither'd and strown. For the Angel of Death... 
