 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.  The Children's Treasury of English Song - Pàgina 77per Francis Turner Palgrave - 1875 - 302 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Scotland free church, gen. assembly - 1847 - 554 pàgines
...shortening the vowel or dipthong. 8. Upon the accent. 9. Anapestic, two unaccented to one accented (" and the sheen' of their spears' was like stars' on the sea' ") ; Iambic, unaccented and accented alternately, as (" When spring' to woods' and wilds' around,"... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1844 - 900 pàgines
...an angel down. PATHETIC AND ENTERTAINING. 1. THE DESTRUCTION OF SENACHERIB. Byron. The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were...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,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pàgines
...Her tale untold — her truth too dearly proved. THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB. TRE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were...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,... | |
 | John Hall - 1845 - 354 pàgines
...their grave. LESSON CI. THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB. Anapestic. Four feet. 1. THE Assyrian came down* like the wolf on the fold', And his cohorts...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... | |
 | Bradford Frazee - 1845 - 214 pàgines
...air. And the sparkles that flash from their eyes ! Dryden. xxa X 4. 1. The Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold : And the sheen of the spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. 2. Like the... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pàgines
...leave that part to thee ; Be thy next birth in paradise, Thy life to come eternity ! J. MONTGOMERY. THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB.' THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts f were gleaming in purple and gold; And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the... | |
 | Roger de Flor (fict.name.) - 1845 - 1130 pàgines
...down like the wolf on the fold, His cohorts were gleaming with purple and gold, And the sheen of his spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on the deep Gallilee." Byron. BEFORE the reader is transported from Constantinople to Asia Minor, and... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pàgines
...DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB'S ARMY.1 THE Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold, And his cohorts2 were gleaming in purple and gold ; And the sheen of their spears was l1ke stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest... | |
 | Menella Bute Smedley - 1845 - 226 pàgines
...bright as the stars of night.'" It is bad policy to remind my readers of Byron's exquisite line— " And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea;" but I suppose that were I to omit such a reference, I should incur the charge of plagiarism. " 'Tis... | |
 | John Burke, Bernard Burke - 1848 - 636 pàgines
...forgetfulness in the one, and more barbarity in the other. " J*. ABD-EL-KADER. " The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were...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,... | |
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