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
| Andrew Comstock - 1841 - 410 pages
...leaves of the forest when summer is green, | That host with their banners at sunset were seen : | Lite the leaves of the forest when autumn hath blown, | That host on the morrow j lay wither'd and strown. | For the angel of death | spread Ais wings on the blast, \ And breath'd... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 380 pages
...nightly on deep Galilee, Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their hanners at sunset were seen : Like the leaves of the forest when Autumn hath hlown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown. For the angel of death spread his wings on... | |
| Samuel Kirkham - 1842 - 386 pages
...Galilee'. Like the leaves of the forest', when 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', lay withered and strown': For the Angel of Death' . . spread his wings on the blast And breathed'. . in... | |
| Charles Walton Sanders - 1849 - 316 pages
...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 were seen ; Like the leaves of the forest when autumn hath blowrr, That host on the morrow lay withered and strewn. 3. For the angel of death spread his wings... | |
| 1842 - 440 pages
...many or few. He watched over his people. To their foes he said thus far ehalt thou come ; and then, " The angel of death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the faco of lhe foe as ho past; And the eyes of the sleeper waxed deadly and chill, The heart but once... | |
| 1842 - 420 pages
...can be compared to Atheism. Superstitionists, under its visitation, are like the Assyrian hosts, when The Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed on the face of the foe as he passed ; The eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill, Their hearts... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1843 - 576 pages
...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 seen : Like...blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown. III. For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he... | |
| John Epy Lovell - 1843 - 524 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 withered and strown. For the angel of death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face... | |
| Robert Gordon Latham - 1843 - 236 pages
...b!6e wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. 2. Like the leaves of the f6rest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen : Like the leaves of 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... | |
| Robert Gordon LATHAM - 1843 - 236 pages
...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 seen : Like the leaves of the forest when Autumn is blown, That h6st on the morrow lay withered and str6wn. 3. For the A'ngel of Death spread his wings... | |
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