 | Frank Moore - 1864 - 324 Seiten
...for Truth, for Right: Strike for Liberty ! DESTRUCTION OF THE VANDAL HOST AT MANASSAS. 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... | |
 | Gems - 1871 - 280 Seiten
...Sabbath days. To find eternity at last A never-ending hour of praise! REV. T. RAFFLED Srstrattimi nf I 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 wave... | |
 | Mary Elizabeth Shipley - 1873 - 408 Seiten
...He we love had none. The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace. — EXODUS xiv. 14. 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 wave rolls... | |
 | Samuel Langhorne Clemens - 1875 - 332 Seiten
...doggerel, and says it has been regarded as very good in Dutch Flat. I give a specimen verse : — " The Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming with purple and gold ; And Mk sheen of his spears was like stars on the sea ; When the blue wave rolls... | |
 | Mark Twain - 1875 - 320 Seiten
...doggerel, and says it has been regarded as very good in Dutch Flat. I give a specimen verse : — " The Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming with purple and gold ; And the sheen of his spears was like stars on the sea ; When the blue wave rolls... | |
 | Thomas Edie Hill - 1876 - 360 Seiten
...fire ; Hands, that the rod of empire might have . . swayed. Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre." " The Assyrian came down like a wolf on the . . fold, And his cohorts were gleaming with purple and gold." Blank Verse. Blank verse is the name given to a kind of poetry without rhyme,... | |
 | Thomas Edie Hill - 1879 - 398 Seiten
...fire ; Hands, that the rod of empire might have . . swayed. Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre." " The Assyrian came down like a wolf on the . . fold, And his cohorts were gleaming with purple and gold." Blank Verse. Blank verse is the name given to a kind of poetry without rhyme,... | |
 | Ohio State Bar Association, Ohio State Bar Association. Mid-Winter Meeting - 1903 - 542 Seiten
...voices in Tom Moore's melodies, or Orris Parrish wake the echoes, with a chorus from all the voices, in, "The Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold And his cohorts were gleaming with purple and gold," and other like exhilarating songs. Speaking of Parrish, I may remark that he... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1881 - 510 Seiten
...descending, And beauty immortal awakes from the tomb." Seattle. THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB'S ARM if. THE Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold, And his cohorts 2 were gleaming in purple and gold; And the sheen of then- spears was like stars on the sea, When the... | |
 | Thomas Edie Hill - 1883 - 542 Seiten
...fire ; Hands, that the rod of empire might have . . swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre." " The Assyrian came down like a wolf on the . . fold, And his cohorts were gleaming with purple and gold." Blank Verse. Blank verse is the name given to a kind of poetry without rhyme,... | |
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