 | Philip Pendleton Kennedy - 1853 - 256 pages
...tired and fell asleep ; the Prior murmuring as he went off, the noble lines of Byron— " The Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold,"— the Assyrian to his imagination being the dark and rushing Cheat, and the cohorts gleaming in purple... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1854 - 320 pages
...THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB. 135 THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB. THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in...stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly ou deep Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at... | |
 | 1854 - 576 pages
...living who are dumb. 84. THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIR.— Lori Ryron. THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in...and gold ; And the sheen of their spears was like stare on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest when... | |
 | Robert Gordon Latham - 1854 - 286 pages
...since the omission of a single syllable will convert xxaxxaxxaxxa into \ 1. The Assyrian came d6wn like a wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold : And the sheen of the spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. a. Like the... | |
 | William Barnes - 1854 - 362 pages
...I am mon- | arch of all | I survey, My right \ there is none | to dispute. Pour feet. 4 (2 a + A. ) And the sheen | of their spears | was like stars [ on the sea, When the blue | wave rolls night- [ ly on deep | Galilee. — Byron. 721. A catalectic or wanting verse is one that wants a syllable... | |
 | 1854 - 790 pages
...: and thy Father who sccth in secret shall reward thee openly." ' The Assyrian came down, like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold. Like the leaves on the forest when summer is green, That host with their banners, at sunset were seen... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - 1855 - 444 pages
...to oblivion around them. I THE DESTRUCTION OF SENACHERIB. (BYRON.) The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, | And his cohorts were gleaming...When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. | Li/te the leaves of the forest when summer is green, | Thai host with their banners at sunset were... | |
 | Robert Clarke (schoolmaster.) - 1855 - 188 pages
...sepulchre. Campbell. THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB S ARMY. (2 Chron. nxii. 21—24.) THE Assyrian came down, like a wolf on the fold, And his cohorts...in purple and gold ; And the sheen of their spears were like stars on the sea When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. Like the leaves of the... | |
 | Robert Gordon Latham - 1855 - 542 pages
...of this measure are rarely regular, xxa being frequently replaced by xax and ax x. 1. The Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold, And his cohorts...were gleaming in purple and gold : And the sheen of the spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. 2. Like the... | |
 | Charlotte Phillips - 1855 - 188 pages
...THE Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold, [gold; And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, [Galilee. When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green,... | |
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