 | 1847 - 548 Seiten
...Assyrian power, and it shook the empire, when its might was most colossal, to its foundations. Likethe leaves of the forest when summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen. J,ike the leavis of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That hcet or> the morrow lay witheredand strown.... | |
 | William Harvey Wells - 1848 - 258 Seiten
...Gibbon. " Africa, as well as Gaul, was gradually fashioned to the imitation of the capital." — Ibid. "Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green,...That host with their banners, at sunset were seen." — Byron. " The almost unobserved advancement and diffusion of knowledge were paving the way for discoveries."... | |
 | Joseph Guy - 1849 - 118 Seiten
...many a day with measures full of sadness! DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB. LOBD BYRON. THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were...summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset was seen; Like the leaves of the forest when autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd... | |
 | 1856 - 1270 Seiten
...above, The living, the living, Prayer, praise, and thanksgiving, Shall joyfully render their love. THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB. THE Assyrian came...were gleaming in purple and gold ; And the sheen of his spears were like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls mighty on deep Galilee. Like the leaves... | |
 | George Croly - 1850 - 442 Seiten
...before; The winds were withered in the stagnant air, And the clouds perished ; Darkness had no need THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB. The Assyrian came...forest when summer is green, That host with their baaners at sunset were seen: Like the leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the... | |
 | 1850 - 300 Seiten
...of my heart ! Bright is the diadem, boundless the sway, Or kingly the death which awaits us to-day ! THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB. THE Assyrian came...gold ; And the sheen of their spears was like stars in the sea When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest when summer... | |
 | John Blackburn - 1850 - 256 Seiten
...in some grand and most impressive lines, with which I will close this part of my discourse : — " Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen : J jiki! the leaves of the forest when autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd and... | |
 | Charles Baker - 1850 - 446 Seiten
...BLAST UPON HIM." The Assyrian came down like the 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 roll nightly on deep Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green, That host with... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 768 Seiten
...flattered, followed, sought, and sued ; This is to be alone ; this, this is solitude ! DESTRUCTION OP SENNACHERIB. The Assyrian came down like the wolf...Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green l hat host Wlth their ,»„„„, a( sunset were sjn '"' That leav,e,sof the forest whe" Autumn hath... | |
 | William Enfield, James Pycroft - 1851 - 422 Seiten
...carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory. WOLFE. CHAPTER XXXII. DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB. THE Assyrian came down...When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. For the angel of death spread his wings on the blast, And breath 'd on the face of the foe as he pass'd... | |
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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. 
