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" And the widows of Ashur are loud in their wail, And the idols are broke in the temple of Baal; And the might of the Gentile, unsmote by the sword, Hath melted like snow in the glance of the Lord! "
The Works of Lord Byron: Complete in One Volume - Page 584
by George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 776 pages
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Select English poetry, with notes by E. Hughes

Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 pages
...pride ; And the foam of his gasping lay white on the turf, And cold as the spray of the rook-beating surf. And there lay the rider distorted and pale,...tents were all silent, the banners alone, The lances unlifted, the trumpet unblown. And the widows of Ashur are loud in their wail, And the idols are broke...
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Selections from the British Poets: Chronologically Arranged from ..., Volume 1

1851 - 496 pages
...through it there roll'd not the breath of his pride : And the foam of his gasping lay white on the turf, And cold as the spray of the rock-beating surf. And...pale, With the dew on his brow, and the rust on his inail ; The tents were all silent, the banners alone, The lances unlifted, the trumpet unblown. And...
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Notes and lessons on the geography and history of Palestine

George Henry Taylor (master of the Model sch, Battersea.) - 1851 - 292 pages
...through it there roll'd not the breath of his pride : And the foam of his gasping lay white on the turf, And cold as the spray of the rock-beating surf. And...distorted and pale, With the dew on his brow and the rust ou his mail; And the tents were all silent, the banners alone, The lances uulifted, the trumpet unblown....
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An Elementary English Grammar: For the Use of Schools

Robert Gordon Latham - 1851 - 236 pages
...forms. A stanza from Lord Byron's " Hebrew Melodies" illustrates the whole of the present section : — And the widows of Ashur are loud in their wail ; And...the temple of Baal ; And the might of the Gentile unsmote by the sword, Has melted like snow in the glance of the Lord. The words broke and smote, both...
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A History of All Nations, from the Earlier Periods to the Present ..., Volume 1

1851 - 614 pages
...gasping lay white on the turf, And cold as the spray of the rock-beating surf. " And there lay the nder, distorted and pale, With the dew on his brow and the...tents were all silent, the banners alone, The lances uplifted, the trumpet unblown." Senacherib returned to Jerusalem ; but, like a conqueror of modern...
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First collection of instructive extracts

Scottish school-book assoc - 1852 - 248 pages
...through it there roll'd not the breath of his pride: And the foam of his gasping lay white on the turf, And cold as the spray of the rock-beating surf. And...tents were all silent, the banners alone, The lances unlifted, the trumpet unblown ! And the widows of Ashur are loud in their wail, And the idols are broke...
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Guy's new speaker, selections of poetry and prose from the best writers in ...

Joseph Guy - 1852 - 458 pages
...through it there roll'd not the breath of his pride : And the foam of his gasping lay white on the turf, And cold as the spray of the rock-beating surf. And...tents were all silent, the banners alone, The lances unlifted, the trumpet unblown. And the widows of Ashur are loud in their wail, And the idols are broke...
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The Standard Speaker: Containing Exercises in Prose and Poetry for ...

Epes Sargent - 1852 - 568 pages
...them there rolled not the breath of his pride ; And the foam of his gasping lay white on the tnrf, And cold as the spray of the rock-beating surf. And...tents were all silent, the banners alone, The lances unlifted, the trumpets unblown. And the widows of Ashur are loud in their wail, And the idols are broke...
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Cottage verse; a collection of hymns and spiritual songs, ed. by J. Jones

Cottage verse, Joseph Jones - 1852 - 296 pages
...through it there rolled not the breath of his pride ; And the foam of his gasping lay white on the turfj cold as the spray of the rock-beating surf. And there...tents were all silent, the banners alone, The lances unlifted, the trumpet unblown. And the widows of Ashur are loud in their wail, And the idols are broke...
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The School Reader: Containing Instructions in the Elementary Principles of ...

Charles Walton Sanders - 1842 - 322 pages
...And the foam of his gasping lay white on the tv"* "" And cold as the spray of the rock-beating su 5. And there lay the rider, distorted and pale, With...tents were all silent, the banners alone, The lances unlifted, the trumpet unblown. 6. And the widows of Ashur are loud in their wail, And the idols are...
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