 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. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is...  The songs of England and Scotland - Seite 232von England - 1835Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1846 - 730 Seiten
...quote a few lines from each. " The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold With his cohorts all gleaming in purple and gold ; And the sheen of their...When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee." " 0 ! fair as the sea-flower, close to thee growing, How light was thy heart till love's witchery came,... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1842 - 316 Seiten
...II. Kings 19th Chap. 35th verse. 1. THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the foW, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold ; And the sheen of...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... | |
 | Brothers of the Christian schools of Ireland - 1846 - 144 Seiten
...the conjunction and, to avoid the doubts and difficulties which unavoidably arise by using it-it1i. Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset seen ; Like the leaves of the forest when autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow withered and strown.... | |
 | 1847 - 526 Seiten
...one bound — escapes control. BYRON'S Corsair. 17. How peaceful and how powerful is the grave ! 18. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green,...That host, on the morrow, lay wither'd and strown ! BYRON. 19. And dull the film along his dim eye grew. BYRON'S Lara. 20. Yes, this was once ambition's... | |
 | Mark Twain - 1995 - 413 Seiten
...has "rollf "] on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming with purple and gold, And the sheen of his spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. These are the opening lines from Byron's "The Destruction of Sennacherib," Mark Twain's favorite stanza... | |
 | Mogens Trolle Larsen - 1996 - 420 Seiten
...'The Destruction of Sennacherib': The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold; And the sheen of...hath blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strewn. Esarhaddon, the next king of Assyria, does not figure prominently in the Bible. In fact, it... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1996 - 868 Seiten
...proved. The Destruction of Sennacherib The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold; And the sheen of...When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. II 5 Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were... | |
 | Connie Robertson - 1998 - 686 Seiten
...'The Destruction of Sennacherib' The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold. And his cohorts I ꏨ " 998 Wordsworth"' 1942 'The Destruction of Sennacherib' For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed... | |
 | Mary Oliver - 1998 - 212 Seiten
...Sennacherib," altogether anapestic: The Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold; And the sheen of...When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. There is a fifth foot pattern — not properly a meter — which is used with fair frequency, the spondee.... | |
 | Harry S. Truman - 1998 - 614 Seiten
...but be in reserve *The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleamimg in purple and gold; And the sheen of their spears...When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. — Byron, The Destruction of Sennacherib, but I am hoping for a shot most every day. My Battery was... | |
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