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. Poetry of Byron: Chosen and Arranged - Page 50de George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1892 - 276 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
| Samuel Kirkham - 1842 - 386 pages
...Esar-haddon, their younger brother. Destruction of SennacTieriVs Army. — BYKOW. THE Assyrian came down', like the wolf on the fold', And his cohorts...summer is green', That host', with their banners', at sunsot were seen': Like the leaves of the forest', when autumn hath blown'. That host', on the morrow',... | |
| Charles Walton Sanders - 1849 - 316 pages
...morning, behold, they wen all dead corpses." — II. Kings 1'Jth Chap. 35th verse. 1. THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were...the sea. When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Gallilee. 2. Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset... | |
| Charles Stuart Savile (hon.) - 1842 - 876 pages
...heart. CHAPTER XIII. The Assyrian came down like a 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 waves roll mighty on deep Galilee. THE sun was about to set, after a magnificent day, behind the lofty... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1843 - 576 pages
...blended With the voice of the spoiler by me ! THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB. I. THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were...When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. n. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were... | |
| Robert Gordon LATHAM - 1843 - 236 pages
...d6wn like a wolf on the fold, And his c6horts were gleaming in purple and gold : And the she£n of the spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. 2. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That h6st with their banners at sunset were... | |
| Scotland free church, gen. assembly - 1847 - 554 pages
...shortening the vowel or dipthong. 8. Upon the accent. 9. Anapestic, two unaccented to one accented (" and the sheen' of their spears' was like stars' on the sea' ") ; Iambic, unaccented and accented alternately, as (" When spring' to woods' and wilds' around,"... | |
| John Hall - 1845 - 354 pages
...their grave. LESSON CI. THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB. Anapestic. Four feet. 1. THE Assyrian came down* like the wolf on the fold', And his cohorts...When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. 2. Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green', That host' with their banners' at sunset were... | |
| Charles Walker Connon - 1845 - 176 pages
...themselves,— Channing. 6. While this multitude of flies 7s filling all the air with melody. Wordsworth. 7. Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green,...That host with their banners at sunset were seen. — Byron. 207. A noun is sometimes put in the nominative, even when it is not the subject of the sentence,... | |
| Bradford Frazee - 1845 - 214 pages
...air. And the sparkles that flash from their eyes ! Dryden. xxa X 4. 1. The Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold : And the sheen of the spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. 2. Like the... | |
| Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pages
...leave that part to thee ; Be thy next birth in paradise, Thy life to come eternity ! J. MONTGOMERY. THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB.' THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts f were gleaming in purple and gold; And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the... | |
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