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. Poems - Sida 302efter George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1872Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
| John BRUCE (Minister of Low Hill Cemetery, Liverpool.) - 1827 - 240 sidor
...morrow lay wither'd and strown. Wl For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breath'd on the face of the foe as he pass'd ; And the eyes of...wax'd deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heav'd, and for ever grew still. And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through it... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1828 - 406 sidor
...the leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown. 3. For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast,...heaved, and for ever grew still ' And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through it there roll'd not the breath of his pride : And the... | |
| 1828 - 198 sidor
...morrow lay witherrd and strovvn. 5 For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breath'd on the face of the foe as he pass'd, And the eyes of...wax'd deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heav'd, and for ever grew still. 4 And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through it... | |
| 1828 - 398 sidor
...morrow lay wither'd and strewn. For the Angel of death spread his wings on the blast, And breath'd on the face of the foe as he pass'd, And the eyes of...wax'd deadly and chill, And their hearts but once htav'd, and for ever grew still. And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide But through It there... | |
| 1828 - 814 sidor
...the leaves of the forest when autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown. in. 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... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Isaac Nathan - 1829 - 268 sidor
...were seen; Like the leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown. For the Angel of Death spread his wings...wax'd deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heav'd, and forever grew still! And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through it there... | |
| Thomas Willcocks - 1829 - 334 sidor
...morrow lay withered and strown. For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breath'd in the face of the foe as he pass'd ; And the eyes...wax'd deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heav'd, and for ever grew still. And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But tbro' it there... | |
| 1839 - 512 sidor
...planned the destruction of Jerusalem, and whose army was arrested, overthrown, and destroyed: — " For the angel of death spread his wings on the blast,...And breathed in the face of the foe as he pass'd." But this opinion, though correct as far as it goes, only embraces a small part of the prophet's intent.... | |
| Samuel Putnam - 1831 - 236 sidor
...seen ; Like the leaves of the forest when autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay 'withered and strown. For the Angel of Death spread his wings...'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... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1832 - 488 sidor
...May this right hand be wither'd for ever, Ere it string our high harp for the foe ! On the willow the harp is suspended, — Oh Salem ! its sound should...heaved, and for ever grew still ! And there lay the rider distorted and pale, With the dew on his brow and the rust on his mail; \ii'l the tents were all... | |
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