 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...  The songs of England and Scotland - Pągina 232per England - 1835Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1846 - 730 pągines
...quote a few lines from each. " The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold With his cohorts all gleaming in purple and gold ; And the sheen of their...When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee." " 0 ! fair as the sea-flower, close to thee growing, How light was thy heart till love's witchery came,... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1842 - 316 pągines
...II. Kings 19th Chap. 35th verse. 1. THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the foW, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold ; And the sheen of...the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Gallilee. 2. Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset... | |
 | Brothers of the Christian schools of Ireland - 1846 - 144 pągines
...the conjunction and, to avoid the doubts and difficulties which unavoidably arise by using it-it1i. Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset seen ; Like the leaves of the forest when autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow withered and strown.... | |
 | 1847 - 526 pągines
...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,...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 was once ambition's... | |
 | Mark Twain - 1995 - 413 pągines
...has "rollf "] on the fold, And 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 deep Galilee. These are the opening lines from Byron's "The Destruction of Sennacherib," Mark Twain's favorite stanza... | |
 | Mogens Trolle Larsen - 1996 - 420 pągines
...'The Destruction of Sennacherib': The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold; And the sheen of...hath blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strewn. Esarhaddon, the next king of Assyria, does not figure prominently in the Bible. In fact, it... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1996 - 868 pągines
...proved. The Destruction of Sennacherib The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold; And the sheen of...When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. II 5 Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were... | |
 | Connie Robertson - 1998 - 686 pągines
...'The Destruction of Sennacherib' The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold. And his cohorts I ꏨ " 998 Wordsworth"' 1942 'The Destruction of Sennacherib' For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed... | |
 | Mary Oliver - 1998 - 212 pągines
...Sennacherib," altogether anapestic: The Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold; And the sheen of...When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. There is a fifth foot pattern — not properly a meter — which is used with fair frequency, the spondee.... | |
 | Harry S. Truman - 1998 - 614 pągines
...but be in reserve *The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleamimg in purple and gold; And the sheen of their spears...When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. — Byron, The Destruction of Sennacherib, but I am hoping for a shot most every day. My Battery was... | |
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