 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 blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown. For the angel of Death spread his wings on the...  Elocution and Action - Seite 30von Frank Townsend Southwick - 1894 - 244 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | George W. Burnap - 1841 - 288 Seiten
...on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he pass'd; And the eyes of the sleepers wax'd deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and forever grew still. "And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through it there roll'd not the breath of his pride:... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 998 Seiten
...hath blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown. For the Angel of Death spread his wings and W. Galignani pass'd ; And the eyes of the sleepers wai'd deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and... | |
 | George Washington Burnap - 1841 - 296 Seiten
...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 of the foe as he pass'd; And the eyes of the sleepers wax'd deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1849 - 316 Seiten
...blowrr, That host on the morrow lay withered and strewn. 3. For the angel of death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he pass'd ; And the eyes of the sleepers wax'd deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved —... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1843 - 524 Seiten
...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 of the foe...deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever were still ! And there lay the steed with his nostrils all wide, But through them there rolled... | |
 | Robert Gordon LATHAM - 1843 - 236 Seiten
...the foam of his gasping lay white on the tfirf, And c61d as the spray of the r6ck-beating surf. 5. 6. And the widows of A'shur are loud in their wail, And the idols are brfke in the temple of Baal, And the might of the Gentile unsmote by the sword Hath melted like inow... | |
 | Robert Gordon Latham - 1843 - 236 Seiten
...blown, That h6st on the marrow lay withered and strown. 3. For the A'ngcl of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he pass'd ; And the ejes of the sleepers wax'd deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1843 - 576 Seiten
...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 pass'd ; And the eyes of the sleepers wax'd deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1844 - 900 Seiten
...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 of the foe...deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever were still ! And there lay the steed with his nostrils all wide, But through them there rolled... | |
 | 1860 - 444 Seiten
...poem on the " Destruction of Sennacherib," he has the following: " The Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe...And the eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill, Their hearts but once heaved, and forever grew still." It would be very foolish to argue from this,... | |
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