 | English essays - 1822 - 494 pages
...thro' all eternity ! THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB. 2 KINGS, XIX. 35. The Asyrian came down like a wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in...is green, That host, with their banners, at sun-set were seen — Like the leaves of the forest when autumn hath blown, That host, on the morrow, lie wither'd... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1822 - 614 pages
...thee : And ne'er shall its soft tones be blended THE DESTRUCTION OF SETCACHERIB. I. THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were...When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. 2. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were... | |
 | Arminianism - 1819 - 996 pages
...June, 1818. 2 KINGS xix. 35. The Asyrian came down like the wolf on the And his cohorts were gleami: gold ; And the sheen of their spears was like stars...Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest when summer ia Whose bright accomplishments we find, Kept him from faults of vulgar kind, And all their sad distresses.... | |
 | 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,} That host, with their banners, at sun-set were seen ; Like the leaves of the forest, when autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd... | |
 | 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 ,^ That host, with their banners, at sun-set were seen ; Like the leaves of the forest, when autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1823 - 394 pages
...blended With the voice of the spoiler by. me ! THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB. 1. THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were...Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen : Like the leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1823 - 310 pages
...blended With the voice of the spoiler by me ! THE DESTRUCTION OF SEMNACHERIB. I. THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were...When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. II. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Alfred Howard - 1824 - 226 pages
...distant — clear — but, oh, how cold ! vi i i. THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHEKIB. The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were...Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen : Like the leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd... | |
 | Cabinet - Literature - 1824 - 440 pages
...OF SEMNACHERIB. i, THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaning in purple and gold : And the sheen of their spears...When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. IILike the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 546 pages
...blended With the voice of the spoiler by me ! THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIR. THE Assyrian came dojvn like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming...summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen : Like the" leaves of the forest when autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'... | |
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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. 
