 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...  A Treasury of Favorite Poems - Page 328edited by - 1891 - 390 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Harvey Wells - 1848 - 258 pages
...Gibbon. " Africa, as well as Gaul, was gradually fashioned to the imitation of the capital." — Ibid. "Like 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 paving the way for discoveries."... | |
 | Thomas King Greenbank - 1849 - 446 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Joseph Guy - 1849 - 118 pages
...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...summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset was seen; Like the leaves of the forest when autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd... | |
 | Charles Baker - 1850 - 446 pages
...purple and gold, And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue waves roll nightly on deep Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest...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 spread his wings on... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pages
...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,...: 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... | |
 | 1850 - 340 pages
...host with their banners at sunset was seen ; Like the leaves of the forest when autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown. For...Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed on the face of the foe as he past ; And the eyes of the sleepers wax'd deadly and chill, And their... | |
 | 1850 - 300 pages
...purple and gold ; And the sheen of their spears was like stars in the sea When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest...summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset was seen ; Like the leaves of the forest when autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd... | |
 | John Blackburn - 1850 - 256 pages
...in some grand and most impressive lines, with which I will close this part of my discourse : — " Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen : J jiki! the leaves of the forest when autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd and... | |
 | George Croly - 1850 - 442 pages
...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 green, That host with their baaners at sunset were seen: Like the leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the... | |
 | George Henry Taylor (master of the Model sch, Battersea.) - 1851 - 292 pages
...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...seen : Like the leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown. For the Augel of Death spread his wings on... | |
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