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, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown. For the angel of Death spread his wings on the... The Juvenile instructor and companion - Seite 202von Young people - 1871Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| John Epy Lovell - 1844 - 900 Seiten
...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, And breathed in the face of the foe as he passed ; And the eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and... | |
| 1860 - 444 Seiten
...expression noted above. In the poem on the " Destruction of Sennacherib," he has the following: " 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 waxed deadly and chill, Their hearts but once heaved, and forever... | |
| Bradford Frazee - 1845 - 214 Seiten
...leaves of the forest when Autumn is blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown. 3. For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And...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. 4 And there lay... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 Seiten
...leaves of the forest 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...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... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 Seiten
...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, And breathed in the face of the foe as he past ; And the eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved — and... | |
| John Hall - 1845 - 354 Seiten
...of the forest when autumn hath blown', That host' on the morrow lay withered and strown. 3. 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 waxed deadly and chill', And their hearts but once heaved', and... | |
| Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 Seiten
...legion was divided into ten cohorts. For the Angel of 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 grew still! And there lay the... | |
| C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 390 Seiten
...hath bluwa, That host, on the morrow lay withered and strown. For the angel of death— spread bis wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe, as he pasted ; And the eyes of the sleepers — waxed deadly, and chin. And their hearts, but once heaved,... | |
| 1867 - 852 Seiten
...the Angel of Death spread his wings on I1i< blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he parsed, And the eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill, And their hearts but onoc henved — anil for «*T grew still. " And the widows of Asshur are loud in ttieir wail. And the... | |
| Charles Walton Sanders - 1845 - 312 Seiten
...leaves of the forest when autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strewn. S. For the angel of death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the /ace of the foe as he pass'd; And the eyes of the sleepers wax'd deadly and chill. And their hearts... | |
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