 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
 | Roger de Flor (fict.name.) - 1845 - 1130 pages
...down like the wolf on the fold, His cohorts were gleaming with purple and gold, And the sheen of his spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on the deep Gallilee." Byron. BEFORE the reader is transported from Constantinople to Asia Minor, and... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB'S ARMY.1 THE Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold, And his cohorts2 were gleaming in purple and gold ; And the sheen of their spears was l1ke stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest... | |
 | Menella Bute Smedley - 1845 - 226 pages
...bright as the stars of night.'" It is bad policy to remind my readers of Byron's exquisite line— " And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea;" but I suppose that were I to omit such a reference, I should incur the charge of plagiarism. " 'Tis... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 1068 pages
...token of thee : And ne'er shall its soft tones be blended W ilh the voice of the spoiler by me ! THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB. THE Assyrian came down...gold And the sheen of their spears was like stars on th< sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee Like the leaves of the forest when summer... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1842 - 316 pages
...dead corpses."— II. Kings 19th Chap. 35th verse. 1. THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the foW, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold ;...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... | |
 | 1846 - 730 pages
...quote a few lines from each. " The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold With his cohorts all gleaming in purple and gold ; And the sheen of their...When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee." " 0 ! fair as the sea-flower, close to thee growing, How light was thy heart till love's witchery came,... | |
 | Brothers of the Christian schools of Ireland - 1846 - 144 pages
...the conjunction and, to avoid the doubts and difficulties which unavoidably arise by using it-it1i. Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset seen ; Like the leaves of the forest when autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow withered and strown.... | |
 | Salem Town - 1847 - 420 pages
...Assyr | ian came down | like the wolf | on the fold. And his co | horts were gleam | ing in pur | pie and gold ; And the sheen | of their spears | was like stars | on the sea, When the blue | wave rolls night | ly on deep j Galilee. 2. Like the leaves of the forests when summer is green, That host | with... | |
 | William Harvey Wells - 1847 - 228 pages
..."-Africa, as well as Gaul, was gradually fashioned to the imitation of the capital." — Ibid. " Lake the leaves of the forest when summer is green, That host with their banners, at sunset were seen." — Byron. " The almost unobserved advancement and diffusion of knowledge were pacing the way for discoveries."... | |
 | 1847 - 548 pages
...Assyrian power, and it shook the empire, when its might was most colossal, to its foundations. Likethe leaves of the forest when summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen. J,ike the leavis of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That hcet or> the morrow lay witheredand strown.... | |
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