 The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming with purple and gold, And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee.  The New Whig Guide - Seite 117von Henry John Temple Palmerston (Viscount), John Wilson Croker, Robert Peel - 1819 - 240 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Playtime - 1863 - 436 Seiten
...breathless all, Fitz-James arose. SIR W. SCOTT. CXVIII THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB. The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming with purple and gold, And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls... | |
 | 1866 - 408 Seiten
...beam from the timber answereth it." JD BURNS. THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB'S ARMY. THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming with purple and gold, And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls... | |
 | Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1866 - 408 Seiten
...beam from the timber answerethit" JD BURNS. THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB'S ARMY. THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming with purple and gold, And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls... | |
 | Arthur Penrhyn Stanley - 1866 - 698 Seiten
...contemporary Prophets and Psalmists, as to make it a fit conclusion for the whole event: — The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming 8 in purple and gold ; Like the leaves 4 of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners... | |
 | Severn river - 1867 - 458 Seiten
...Et pondus cmeri fac leve sis meo. H. с. А. т. The Destruction of Sennacherib. НЕ Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purpleand gold, And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, Where the blue wave rolls... | |
 | Simon Kerl - 1868 - 396 Seiten
...Thou art, 0 God, the life and light Of all this wondrous world we see." — Moore. "The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold.'1 — Byron. " Lives of great men all remind us Vfé can make our lives sublime." — Longfellow.... | |
 | Osborne William Tancock - 1872 - 364 Seiten
...make a third she joined the other two. DRYDEN. 5. The Destruction of Sennacherib. The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming with purple and gold, And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls... | |
 | Arthur Penrhyn Stanley - 1874 - 756 Seiten
...contemporary Prophets and Psalmists, as to make it a fit conclusion for the whole event: — The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming 8 in purple and gold ; Like the leaves4 of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners... | |
 | William Ricketts Cooper - 1875 - 72 Seiten
...the Annals of Sennacherib are preserved, ' Recm-ds of the Past, Vol. I, p. 38. ' " The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming with crimson and gold." 3 Lenormant, Vol. I., p. 400. 4 Herodotus, Euterpe CXLI. were written by scribes... | |
 | Charles Richard Tuttle - 1876 - 752 Seiten
...kinds, besides saddle horses, had been employed to convey the multitude. When " The Assyrians came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming with purple and gold," there was splendor in the conquering host if there was no mercy ; but this horde,... | |
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