 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...  A Thousand and One Gems of English Poetry - Page 424by Charles Mackay - 1896 - 633 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Watkins - 1822 - 476 pages
...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...when autumn hath blown, 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... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1823 - 386 pages
...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...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, And breathed in the face... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1823 - 310 pages
...sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. II. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green,...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... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Alfred Howard - 1824 - 226 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Cabinet - 1824 - 440 pages
...of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. IILike the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That...hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and striiwn. Ill, For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 546 pages
...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...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... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1826 - 852 pages
...spcare was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. Like the leave* of the forest when Summer is green, That host with...when Autumn hath blown. That host on the morrow lay wither'd und strewn. For the Angel of Death spread hie wing« on the blast, And breathed in tho face... | |
 | William Carpenter - 1824 - 604 pages
...sheen of their spears was like stan on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. 2. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green,...blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown. 3. For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he... | |
 | John BRUCE (Minister of Low Hill Cemetery, Liverpool.) - 1827 - 240 pages
...their spears was like stars on the sea, j , When the hlue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. lee, Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green,...when autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown. Wl For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breath'd on the face... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1828 - 406 pages
...sheen of their spears was like stars on the sen, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. 2. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green,...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, And breathed in the face... | |
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