 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...  The songs of England and Scotland - Seite 232von England - 1835Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1820 - 306 Seiten
...sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. 2. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green,..., That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown. 8. For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 478 Seiten
...THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB. I. 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 ware rolls nightly on deep Galilee. II. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host... | |
 | 1822 - 494 Seiten
...DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB. 2 KINGS, XIX. 35. The Asyrian came down like a wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold ; And the sheen of...when autumn hath blown, That host, on the morrow, lie wither'd and strewn. For the angel of death spread his wings on the blast, And breath' d in the... | |
 | John Watkins - 1822 - 452 Seiten
...resemblance to the old Scotch song of " the Flowers of the Forest." The stanza alluded to is this ; " Like the leaves of the forest, when summer is green,}...That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown." It would be unjust to pass unnoticed part of one poem, which touches with great elegance the highest... | |
 | John Watkins - 1822 - 476 Seiten
...resemblance to the old Scotch song of " the Flowers of the Forest." The stanza alluded to is this ; " Like the leaves of the forest, when summer is green...That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown." It would be unjust to pass unnoticed part of one 220 HEBREW MELODIES. poem, which touches with great... | |
 | 1819 - 996 Seiten
...June, 1818. 2 KINGS xix. 35. The Asyrian came down like the wolf on the And his cohorts were gleami: gold ; And the sheen of their spears was like stars...Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest when summer ia Whose bright accomplishments we find, Kept him from faults of vulgar kind, And all their sad distresses.... | |
 | John Watkins - 1822 - 452 Seiten
...the Forest." The stanza alluded to is this ; " Like the leaves of the forest, when summer is green,1) That host, with their banners, at sun-set were seen...That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown." It would be unjust to pass unnoticed part of one 220 HEBREW MELODIES. poem, which touches with great... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1822 - 614 Seiten
...THE DESTRUCTION OF SETCACHERIB. I. THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold ; And the sheen of...When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. 2. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1823 - 386 Seiten
...THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB. 1. THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold ; And the sheen of...blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown. 3. For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1823 - 310 Seiten
...THE DESTRUCTION OF SEMNACHERIB. I. THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold ; And the sheen of...When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. II. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were... | |
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