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. Poems - Page 302by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1872Full view - About this book
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1815 - 230 pages
...leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown. III. For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast,...their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still! IV. And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through it there roll'd not the breath of... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1815 - 324 pages
...leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown. III. For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast,...their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still ! IV. And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through it there roll'd not the breath... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1816 - 234 pages
...leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown. III. For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he passed; And the eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1817 - 226 pages
...leaves of the forest when Autumn hath , blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown. III. For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he passed; And the eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill. And their hearts but once heaved, and... | |
| William Jerdan, William Ring Workman, Frederick Arnold, John Morley, Charles Wycliffe Goodwin - 1819 - 860 pages
...green, The host with their banners at sunset were seen Like the leaves of the forest when Autumn had blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown...the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he pnst; And the eyes of the sleepers wax'd deadly am ehill, And their hearts but once bcav'd, and for... | |
| Henry John Temple Palmerston (Viscount), John Wilson Croker, Robert Peel - 1819 - 258 pages
...leaves of the forest when Antumn hath 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 past ; DEBATE ON THE NAVY ESTIMATES. 1. Old TIERNEY came down like a wolf on the fold, And his phalanx... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1820 - 306 pages
...the leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown , That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown. 8. For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast,...deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and forever grew still ! 4. And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through it there roll'd... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 308 pages
...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,...their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still! 4. And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through it there roll'd not the breath of... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 478 pages
...leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown. III. For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he passed ; And the eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1822 - 614 pages
...leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown. • 3. For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast,...their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still ! 4And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through it there roll'd not the breath of... | |
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