 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1852 - 248 Seiten
...Death spread his wings on the blast, And breath'd in the face of the foe as he pass'd ; And the eyes of the sleepers wax'd deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heav'd, and for ever were still. And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through it... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - 800 Seiten
...Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed on the face of the foe as he pass'd ; And the eyes of the sleepers wax'd deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still ! THE EAST. Know ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems of deeds that are done in their... | |
 | Henry Harbaugh - 1853 - 314 Seiten
...wings on the blast And breathed in the face of the foe as he passed ; And the eyes of the sleeper waxed deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still." What instrument the angel used in this case is not known ; perhaps, as the above lines suggest, some... | |
 | Joseph Foulkes Winks - 1853 - 786 Seiten
...OB the blast, And breathed on the face of the foe as he pass'd; And the eyes of the sleepers waxfd deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still. And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through it there roll'd not the breath of his... | |
 | W H Cordeaux - 1853 - 118 Seiten
...on the blast, And breathed on the face ef the foe as he passed, And the eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still. 0) Cohorts— troops of soldiers.— f 2) Strown— scattered. And there lay the steed with his nostril... | |
 | Forget-Me-Not, Forget-me-not - 1853 - 138 Seiten
...on the morrow lay wither'd and strown. For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the And the eyes of the sleepers wax'd deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heav'd, and for ever grew still. And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through it... | |
 | Robert Gordon Latham - 1854 - 282 Seiten
...on the blast, And breathed in the face of the f6e as he passed ; And the 6yes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still. 4. And there lay the steid with his nostril all wide ; But through it there rolled not the breath of his pride And the foam... | |
 | 1854 - 268 Seiten
...of death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he past; And the eyes of the sleepers wax'd deadly and chill, And their...hearts but once heaved — and for ever grew still. And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through it there roll'd not the breath of his... | |
 | 1854 - 818 Seiten
...Death spread his wings on the blast, And breath'd in the face of the foe as he pass'd ; And the eyes of the sleepers wax'd deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still. And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through it there roll'd not the hreath of his... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1854 - 320 Seiten
...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 wax'd deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still ! And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through it there roll'd not the breath of... | |
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... green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen ; Like the leaves of the forest when autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown. For the angel of death spread his wings on the blast... 
