 | Samuel Kirkham - 1842 - 386 pages
...seen': Like the leaves of the forest', when autumn hath blown'. That host', on the morrow', lay withered and strown': For the Angel of Death' . . spread his...And breathed'. . in the face of the foe' . . as he passed': And the eyes of the sleepers' . . waxed deadly and chill', And their hearts but once heaved',... | |
 | 1842 - 440 pages
...many or few. He watched over his people. To their foes he said thus far ehalt thou come ; and then, " The angel of death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the faco of lhe foe as ho past; And the eyes of the sleeper waxed deadly and chill, The heart but once... | |
 | 1842 - 420 pages
...can be compared to Atheism. Superstitionists, under its visitation, are like the Assyrian hosts, when The Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed on the face of the foe as he passed ; The eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill, Their hearts... | |
 | Robert Gordon Latham - 1843 - 236 pages
...the forest when Autumn is blown, That h6st on the marrow lay withered and strown. 3. For the A'ngcl of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he pass'd ; And the ejes of the sleepers wax'd deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still.... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1843 - 576 pages
...n. Like the leaves of the forest when 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 and strown. III. For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1843 - 524 pages
...Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest when 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 withered and strown. For the angel of death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face... | |
 | 1860 - 444 pages
...the expression noted above. In the poem on the " Destruction of Sennacherib," he has the following: " 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 waxed deadly and chill, Their hearts but once heaved, and forever... | |
 | Daniel Gardner - 1844 - 324 pages
...perished, "Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen : Like the leaves of the forest, when autumn...That host on the morrow, lay wither'd and strown. And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through it there roll'd not the breath of his... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1844 - 900 pages
...Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest when 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 withered and strown. For the angel of death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face... | |
 | Daniel Gardner - 1844 - 336 pages
...perished, " Like the leaves of the forest when 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'cl and strown. And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through it there roll'd... | |
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Like the leaves of the forest when 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 and strown. 
