 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 for ever grew still!  Songs of Three Centuries - Seite 125herausgegeben von - 1875 - 352 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1853 - 244 Seiten
...the blue wave rolls mightily in deep Galilee. *' Like the leaves of the forest, when summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen ;...blown, That host, on the morrow, lay withered and strewn. " For the angel of death spread his wings on the blast, And brcath'd in the face of the foe... | |
 | John Daniel Morell - 1854 - 128 Seiten
...That occupy mankind below, Secure and at his ease. Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen ;...the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he past. 10. Ye mariners of England, Who guard our native seas, Whose flag hath braved a thousand years,... | |
 | Edward MacDermott - 1854 - 236 Seiten
...night is so poetically described by Byron,— " Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen :...hath blown. That host on the morrow lay withered and strewn." The city was surrounded by the Euphrates, or canals in connection with it ; and to provide... | |
 | Robert Clarke (schoolmaster.) - 1855 - 190 Seiten
...When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green, That host, with their banners, at sunset were seen...blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown. M For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he pass'd... | |
 | Henry Harbaugh - 1856 - 410 Seiten
...morning, behold, they were all dead corpses." " Like the leaves of the forest, when summer Is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen :...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... | |
 | David Charles Bell - 1856 - 466 Seiten
...Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green, That host with their banners, at sunset, was seen: Like the leaves of the forest when autumn hath...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 for... | |
 | Collection - 1856 - 120 Seiten
...When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest, when summer is green, That host, with their banners, at sunset were seen...death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed on the face of the foe as he passed : And the eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill, And their... | |
 | William Sherwood - 1856 - 466 Seiten
...blue w&ve ' rolls nightly ' on deep Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest ' when summer is gr6en, That host, with their banners, at sunset were seen...blown, That host, on the morrow, lay withered ' and strovvn. For the Angel of Death | spread his wings ' on the blast, And breathed ' in the face ' of... | |
 | Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 Seiten
...When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen :...passed ; And the eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still ! And there lay the steed with... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1857 - 428 Seiten
...When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen :...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 for... | |
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