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. Selected Poems of Lord Byron - Page 50de George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Nathan Haskell Dole - 1893 - 279 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 478 pages
...blue ware rolls nightly on deep Galilee. II. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen : Like...when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown. III. For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the... | |
| John Watkins - 1822 - 452 pages
...Forest." The stanza alluded to is this ; " Like the leaves of the forest, when summer is green,1) That host, with their banners, at sun-set were seen ; Like...That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown." It would be unjust to pass unnoticed part of one 220 HEBREW MELODIES. poem, which touches with great... | |
| John Watkins - 1822 - 452 pages
...Forest." The stanza alluded to is this ; " Like the leaves of the forest, when summer is green,} That host, with their banners, at sun-set were seen ; Like...That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown." It would be unjust to pass unnoticed part of one poem, which touches with great elegance the highest... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1822 - 614 pages
...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 seen : Like...blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown. • 3. For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as... | |
| 1822 - 494 pages
...the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green, That host, with their banners, at sun-set were seen —...when autumn hath blown, That host, on the morrow, lie wither'd and strewn. For the angel of death spread his wings on the blast, And breath' d in the... | |
| 1819 - 996 pages
...the most discerning. Death met him in a croud one day, green, The host with their banners at suuset 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 his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face... | |
| 1876 - 1204 pages
...swiftness, suddenness, and awful silence of wide-spread death are described with inimitable force, " For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed on the face of the foe as he passed." Then the empty tents, furled banners, unlif ted lances, and hushed... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1823 - 310 pages
...blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. II. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen : Like...when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown. III. For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the... | |
| Cabinet - 1824 - 440 pages
...blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. IILike the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen : Like...when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and striiwn. Ill, For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 546 pages
...the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen : Like...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, And breathed in the face... | |
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