 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. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is...  Parnassus - Seite 288herausgegeben von - 1875 - 534 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 Seiten
...Widows. Wolf. Broke. Purple. Host. Idols. Sheen. Lay. "Hostwere." Angel. Nightly. THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were...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... | |
 | George Henry Taylor (master of the Model sch, Battersea.) - 1851 - 292 Seiten
...destruction of the Assyrians is most powerfully described in the following verses : — " The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were...at sunset were seen : Like the leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown. For the Augel of Death spread... | |
 | 1851 - 614 Seiten
...camp of Senacherib was smitten with pestilence, and 185,000 of his men perished. " The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were...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... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 768 Seiten
...sued ; This is to be alone ; this, this is solitude ! DESTRUCTION OP SENNACHERIB. The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold And his cohorts were...Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green l hat host Wlth their ,»„„„, a( sunset were sjn '"' That leav,e,sof the forest whe" Autumn hath... | |
 | William Enfield, James Pycroft - 1851 - 422 Seiten
...left him alone with his glory. WOLFE. CHAPTER XXXII. DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB. THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were...When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. For the angel of death spread his wings on the blast, And breath 'd on the face of the foe as he pass'd... | |
 | Frederick Walpole (hon.) - 1851 - 438 Seiten
...an umbrella ; his dress, chariot, and horse's gear delicately and minutely cut. " The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were...their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue waves roll nightly on deep Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green, That host with... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 780 Seiten
...his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold; And the sheen of their spears was like stars on tin: sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee....with their banners at sunset were seen ; Like the leavesof the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown. For the... | |
 | 1851 - 682 Seiten
...an umbrella ; his dress, chariot, and horse's gear delicately and minutely cut. ' The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were...their spears was like stars on the sea. When the blue waves roll nightly on deep Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green, That host with... | |
 | Frederick Walpole - 1851 - 406 Seiten
...an umbrella ; his dress, chariot, and horse's gear delicately and minutely cut. ' The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were...their spears was like stars on the sea. When the blue waves roll nightly on deep Qalilee. Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green, That host with... | |
 | 1851 - 496 Seiten
...returned with shame of face to his own land." — 2 CHRONICLES, xxxii. 21. THE Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in...of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the hlue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host,... | |
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