 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...  A Thousand and One Gems of English Poetry - Página 424por Charles Mackay - 1896 - 633 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | George Croly - 1849 - 416 páginas
...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...hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strewn. For the angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed oil the face of the foe... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 páginas
...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...withered and strown. 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... | |
 | Charles Baker - 1850 - 446 páginas
...purple and gold, And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue waves roll nightly on deep Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest...when autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown. For the angel of death spread his wings on the blast, And breathe'd on the face... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 páginas
...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...withered and strown. 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... | |
 | John Celivergos Zachos - 1851 - 570 páginas
...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...withered and strown. For the angel of death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as lie passed ; And the eyes of the sleeper... | |
 | 1851 - 614 páginas
...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...withered and strown ! "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 sleeping... | |
 | George Henry Taylor (master of the Model sch, Battersea.) - 1851 - 292 páginas
...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...when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown. For the Augel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1851 - 396 páginas
...thrown off their guard ? 23 Was their loss great ? SECTION IV. DESTRUCTION OF THE ATHENIAN EXPEDITION. Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green,...blown. That host on the morrow lay withered and strown. — Byron. 1. WHILE Ni"cias was reflecting with grief upon c BC his present unhappy situation, and... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - 1851 - 336 páginas
...hundred and fourscore and five thousand : and when the morning dawned behold they were all dead men."i "Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green,...That host on the morrow lay withered and strown." Thns in one night perished one hundred and eighty-five thousand fighting men, a number which, considered... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - 1851 - 340 páginas
...hundred and fourscore and five thousand : and when the morning dawned behold they were all dead men."1 "Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green,...That host on the morrow lay withered and strown." Thlis in one night perished one hundred and eighty-five thousand fighting men, a number which, considered... | |
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