 | C. Palfrey - 1840 - 754 pages
...may not indeed be swept away in a moment, as the hosts of the Assyrian king before Jerusalem, " When the angel of death spread his wings on the blast,...breathed in the face of the foe as he passed, And the might nf the Gentile, unsmote bv the sword, Was melted, like snow, in the glance of the Lord." Yet... | |
 | Christian - 1840 - 318 pages
...the leaves of the forest when Autumn 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 then- hearts but once heaved, and... | |
 | Christian - 1840 - 312 pages
...leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown. i 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 Bucke - 1841 - 370 pages
....Mian calls him Thilgamns. t 2 Kings. . t Adrammelech and Sharezer. $ 2 Kings, zix., v. 37. D2 <' For the angel of death spread his wings on the blast,...And the eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still. " And there lay the steed, with his nostril... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 998 pages
...the leaves of the forest when autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown. For pass'd ; And the eyes of the sleepers wai'd deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and... | |
 | George W. Burnap - 1841 - 288 pages
...leaves of the forest when autumn 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 pages
...leaves of the forest when autumn hath 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 —... | |
 | 1842 - 440 pages
...many or few. He watched over his people. To their foes he said thus far ehalt thou come ; and then, " The angel of death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the faco of lhe foe as ho past; And the eyes of the sleeper waxed deadly and chill, The heart but once... | |
 | 1842 - 420 pages
...can be compared to Atheism. Superstitionists, under its visitation, are like the Assyrian hosts, when The Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed on the face of the foe as he passed ; The eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill, Their hearts... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1843 - 524 pages
...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 blast,...And the eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever were still ! And there lay the steed with his nostrils... | |
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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... 
