 | Samuel Kirkham - 1839 - 362 pages
...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',...there lay the steed', with his nostril all wide'; Bat through it there rolled not the breath of his pride'; And the foam of his gasping', lay white on... | |
 | 1839 - 510 pages
...planned the destruction of Jerusalem, and whose army was arrested, overthrown, and destroyed : — " For the angel of death spread his wings on the blast,...And breathed in the face of the foe as he pass'd." But this opinion, though correct as far as it goes, only embraces a small part of the prophet's intent.... | |
 | Christian - 1840 - 312 pages
...the leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown. i For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast,...deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still. And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But thro' it there roll'd not... | |
 | Christian - 1840 - 318 pages
...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,...the eyes of the sleepers wax'd deadly and chill, And then- hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still. And there lay the steed with his nostril all... | |
 | C. Palfrey - 1840 - 754 pages
...may not indeed be swept away in a moment, as the hosts of the Assyrian king before Jerusalem, " When the angel of death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he passed, And the might nf the Gentile, unsmote bv the sword, Was melted, like snow, in the glance of... | |
 | George W. Burnap - 1841 - 288 pages
...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,...roll'd not the breath of his pride: And the foam of his gasping lay white on the turf, And cold as the spray of the rock -beating surf. "And there lay... | |
 | George Washington Burnap - 1841 - 296 pages
...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 their hearts but once heaved, and forever grew atill. "And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through it there roll'd not the breath... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 998 pages
...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,...the foe as he pass'd ; And the eyes of the sleepers wai'd deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still! And there lay the... | |
 | Charles Bucke - 1841 - 372 pages
...strown. • JElian calls him Thilgamus. t 2 Kings. t Adrammelech and Sharezer. $ 2 Kings, zix., v. 37. " 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 waxed deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1849 - 316 pages
...the leaves of the forest when autumn hath blowrr, That host on the morrow lay withered and strewn. 3. For the angel of death spread his wings on the blast,...and chill, And their hearts but once heaved — and for ever grew stiP, 4. And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through it there rolled... | |
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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. For the Angel of Death... 
