 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
 | 1839 - 510 pages
...were all dead corpses," Isa. xxxvii, 36. " 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." Thus Judah is preserved, and the Assyrian destroyed. Sennacherib only " shook his hand against the... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1839 - 362 pages
...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':...autumn hath blown', That host', on the morrow', lay withered and sir own': For the Angel of Death' . . spread his wings on the blast And breathed' . .... | |
 | Jewel - 1839 - 352 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 the leaves of the forest when autumn has blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown. For the angel of death spread his wings... | |
 | Emily Taylor - 1839 - 304 pages
...the forest when 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 and strewn. For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed on the face of the foe as... | |
 | Christian - 1840 - 318 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...the eyes of the sleepers wax'd deadly and chill, And then- hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still. And there lay the steed with his nostril all... | |
 | Christian - 1840 - 312 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...blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown. i For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he pass'd... | |
 | C. Palfrey - 1840 - 754 pages
...may not indeed be swept away in a moment, as the hosts of the Assyrian king before Jerusalem, " When the angel of death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he passed, And the might nf the Gentile, unsmote bv the sword, Was melted, like snow, in the glance of... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 998 pages
...the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green, That wai'd deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still! And there lay the... | |
 | Charles Bucke - 1841 - 370 pages
...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 withered and strown. * jEliau calls him Thilgamus. t 2 Kings. 1 Adrammelech and Sharezer. $ 2 Kings,... | |
 | Charles Bucke - 1841 - 372 pages
...strown. • JElian calls him Thilgamus. t 2 Kings. t Adrammelech and Sharezer. $ 2 Kings, zix., v. 37. " 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... | |
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