 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1821 - 478 pages
...sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue ware rolls nightly on deep Galilee. II. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green,...blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown. III. For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1822 - 614 pages
...sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. 2. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green,...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, And breathed in the... | |
 | John Watkins - 1822 - 452 pages
...resemblance to the old Scotch song of " the Flowers of the Forest." The stanza alluded to is this ; " Like the leaves of the forest, when summer is green,}...when autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown." It would be unjust to pass unnoticed part of one poem, which touches with great... | |
 | John Watkins - Poets, English - 1822 - 476 pages
...resemblance to the old Scotch song of " the Flowers of the Forest." The stanza alluded to is this ; " Like the leaves of the forest, when summer is green...when autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown." It would be unjust to pass unnoticed part of one 220 HEBREW MELODIES. poem, which... | |
 | English essays - 1822 - 494 pages
...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 green,...when autumn hath blown, That host, on the morrow, lie wither'd and strewn. For the angel of death spread his wings on the blast, And breath' d in the... | |
 | John Watkins - Poets, English - 1822 - 452 pages
...the Forest." The stanza alluded to is this ; " Like the leaves of the forest, when summer is green,1) That host, with their banners, at sun-set were seen...when autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown." It would be unjust to pass unnoticed part of one 220 HEBREW MELODIES. poem, which... | |
 | Arminianism - 1819 - 996 pages
...the most discerning. Death met him in a croud one day, green, The host with their banners at suuset were seen : Like the leaves of the forest when Autumn...blown, That host on the morrow lay 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;... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1823 - 310 pages
...sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. II. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green,...blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown. III. For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he... | |
 | Cabinet - Literature - 1824 - 440 pages
...of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. IILike the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That...hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and striiwn. Ill, For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Alfred Howard - 1824 - 226 pages
...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 green,...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 breathed in the face... | |
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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. Like the leaves of the forest when summer is... 
