 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 - Página 424por Charles Mackay - 1896 - 633 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Mary Milner - 1851 - 816 páginas
...of Austria, Suabia, Alsace, Strasbourg, Lucerne, and Zurich, amounting to upwards of 26,000 men ! " Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green,...when autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown." ' Shortly after this glorious victory, the treaty of alliance between the three... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - 1847 - 344 páginas
...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 on the face... | |
 | 1847 - 600 páginas
...noon-day and the arrow that flieth by night!" There is 33 much philosophy as truth in the description : " Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green,...withered and strown. For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he passed." | This is a very characteristic... | |
 | 1847 - 592 páginas
...noon-day and the arrow that flieth by night !" There is as much philosophy as truth in the description : " Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green,...withered and strown. For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he passed." | This is a very characteristic... | |
 | 1847 - 526 páginas
...one bound — escapes control. BYRON'S Corsair. 17. How peaceful and how powerful is the grave ! 18. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green,...when Autumn hath blown, That host, on the morrow, lay wither'd and strown ! BYRON. 19. And dull the film along his dim eye grew. BYRON'S Lara. 20. Yes, this... | |
 | 1847 - 540 páginas
...one bound — escapes control. BYRON'S Corsair. 17. How peaceful and how powe.ful is the grave '. 18. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green,...when Autumn hath blown, That host, on the morrow, lay wither'd and strovvn ! BYRON. 19. And dull the film along his dim eye grew. BYRON'S Lara. 20. Yes,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1848 - 428 páginas
...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...withered and strown. 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... | |
 | George W. Burnap - 1848 - 358 páginas
...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 W. Burnap - 1848 - 358 páginas
...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...forest when autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lav wither'd and strown. " For the angel of death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the... | |
 | Thomas King Greenbank - 1849 - 446 páginas
...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...withered 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... | |
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