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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. "
The Brighton gleaner; or, General repository of literary selections, general ... - Page 199
1822
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The Blackwater Chronicle: A Narrative of an Expedition Into the Land of ...

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...
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Selections from the writings of lord Byron, by a clergyman [W. Elwin].

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...
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The Standard Speaker: Containing Exercises in Prose and Poetry for ...

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...
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An Elementary English Grammar: For the Use of Schools

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...
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A Philological Grammar: Grounded Upon English, and Formed from a Comparison ...

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...
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The baptist Magazine

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...
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A System of Elocution: With Special Reference to Gesture, to the Treatment ...

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...
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A poetical grammar of the English language

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...
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The English Language, Volume 2

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...
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The shower of pearls, a collection of poetry, original and selected, for ...

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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