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...to heaven, and rejoining his companions, proceeded on his way with a lightened heart. CHAPTER XIII. The Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming, with purple and gold. And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue waves...

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...blending, And beauty immortal awakes from the tomb." Beattie. THE 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,...

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...Judah with the terrible fate of Israel. The prophet Isaiah, an eye-witness of the transactions, when " The Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming with purple and cold," forcibly paints the discordant scenes in Jerusalem at the tidings of his approach...

...breathe. The language here seems to allude to the catastrophe that overtook Sennacherib, when — " The Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold, And his banners were gleaming with silver and gold ; And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea,...

...Liberty ! VANDAL EOST AT MANASSAS. 91 DESTRUCTION OF THE VANDAL HOST AT MANASSAS. A PARODY. A PE Lincoln came down like a wolf on the fold, "^ And his cohorts were thirsting for silver and gold; Though the sheen of their swords was like stars on the sea, Yet it saved...