 | Andrew Comstock - 1841 - 410 pages
...to oblivion around them. | THE DESTRUCTION OF SENACHERIB. (BTEON.) The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, | And his cohorts were gleaming...When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. | LiAe the leaves of the forest when summer is green, | That host with their banners at sunset were... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 378 pages
...While yet Canova can create helow ? The Destruction of Sennacherib. The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in...of their spears was like stars on the sea When the hlue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee, Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host... | |
 | Charles Bucke - 1841 - 370 pages
...has been thus described by a celebrated modern poet. THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB. " The Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold, And his cohorts...gold ; And the sheen of their spears was like stars OH the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. " Like the leaves of the forest when... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 998 pages
...blind to Wisdom's wasted light! "(I) THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB. THE Aesyriau came down like the ignani (he sea. When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest when summer... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1849 - 316 pages
...they wen all dead corpses." — II. Kings 1'Jth Chap. 35th verse. 1. THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in...the sea. When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Gallilee. 2. Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset... | |
 | Charles Stuart Savile (hon.) - 1842 - 876 pages
...and rejoining his companions, proceeded on his way with a lightened heart. CHAPTER XIII. 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 waves... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1843 - 576 pages
...the voice of the spoiler by me ! THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB. I. THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in...When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. n. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were... | |
 | Robert Gordon LATHAM - 1843 - 236 pages
...d6wn like a wolf on the fold, And his c6horts were gleaming in purple and gold : And the she£n of the spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. 2. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That h6st with their banners at sunset were... | |
 | Robert Gordon Latham - 1843 - 236 pages
...xxa xxa into x ax xax x ax xa, as may be seen by separating the measures differently. 1. The Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in pfirple and gold : And the she£n of the spears was like stars on the sea, When the b!6e wave rolls... | |
 | Scotland free church, gen. assembly - 1847 - 584 pages
...shortening the vowel or dipthong. 8. Upon the accent. 9. Anapestic, two unaccented to one accented (" and the sheen' of their spears' was like stars' on the sea' ") ; Iambic, unaccented and accented alternately, as (" When spring' to woods' and wilds' around,"... | |
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