 | James Sheridan Knowles - Elocution - 1847 - 344 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 on the face... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1847 - 540 pages
...one bound — escapes control. BYRON'S Corsair. 17. How peaceful and how powe.ful is the grave '. 18. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green,...when Autumn hath blown, That host, on the morrow, lay wither'd and strovvn ! BYRON. 19. And dull the film along his dim eye grew. BYRON'S Lara. 20. Yes,... | |
 | William Harvey Wells - English language - 1847 - 228 pages
..."-Africa, as well as Gaul, was gradually fashioned to the imitation of the capital." — Ibid. " Lake the leaves of the forest when summer is green, That host with their banners, at sunset were seen." — Byron. " The almost unobserved advancement and diffusion of knowledge were pacing the way for discoveries."... | |
 | 1847 - 548 pages
...Assyrian power, and it shook the empire, when its might was most colossal, to its foundations. Likethe leaves of the forest when summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen. J,ike the leavis of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That hcet or> the morrow lay witheredand strown.... | |
 | Salem Town - American literature - 1847 - 420 pages
...green, That host | with their ban | ners at sun | set were seen ; — Like the leaves of the forests when autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown. 3. For the angel of death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he... | |
 | Poetry - 1982 - 348 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,...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;... | |
 | Arts - 1875 - 398 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. " The effect is quite prismatic. These fierce warriors, instead of sweeping through... | |
 | Martin Gardner - Poetry - 1992 - 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... | |
 | Robert Atwan, Laurance Wieder - Poetry - 1993 - 514 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,...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 - Poetry - 1994 - 884 pages
...When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. П. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer ¡s = wither'd and strown. Ш. For the Angel of Death spread lúa wings on the blast, And breathed in the... | |
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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... 
