 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...  Stepping Stones to Literature - Seite 188von Sarah Louise Arnold, Charles Benajah Gilbert - 1898 - 317 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 935 Seiten
...were seen : Like the leaves of the forest when autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd pass'd ; And the eyes of the sleepers wai'd deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1849 - 304 Seiten
...the leaves of the forest when autumn hath blowrr, That host on the morrow lay withered and strewn. 3. For the angel of 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 —... | |
 | 1843
...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...deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever were still ! And there lay the steed with his nostrils all wide, But through them there rolled... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1843
...leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown. III. For the Angel of 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... | |
 | Robert Gordon LATHAM - 1843
...the leaves of the forest when Autumn is blown, That h6st on the morrow lay withered and str6wn. 3. For the A'ngel of 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... | |
 | Robert Gordon Latham - 1843 - 223 Seiten
...the forest when Autumn is blown, That h6st on the marrow lay withered and strown. 3. For the A'ngcl of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he pass'd ; And the ejes of the sleepers wax'd deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1844 - 504 Seiten
...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...deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever were still ! And there lay the steed with his nostrils all wide, But through them there rolled... | |
 | 1860
...the 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 the eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill, Their hearts but once heaved, and forever grew still." It would be very foolish to argue from this,... | |
 | John Hall - 1845 - 320 Seiten
...leaves 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',...their hearts but once heaved', and forever grew still. 4. And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through it there rolled not the breath of... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845
...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 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... | |
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