 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.  Selected Poems of Lord Byron - Page 50by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Nathan Haskell Dole - 1893 - 279 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1835 - 378 pages
...the blue wave rolls nightly on deep 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, I That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown. \ I For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1835 - 348 pages
...of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen : Liketheleaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown. in. For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1835 - 348 pages
...the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen : Like theleaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown. In. For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1836 - 534 pages
...the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen : Like...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... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1838 - 270 pages
...the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen: Like...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... | |
 | Alexander Campbell, Charles Louis Loos - 1838 - 584 pages
...the leaves of the forest which autumn liath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strotvn: For the angel of death spread his wings on the blast And breathed in the face of ihc fne as he pass'd; And the eyes of the sleepers wax'd deadly ¡ind chill, And their hearts bat once... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen : Ljke 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... | |
 | Samuel Putnam - 1838 - 242 pages
...blown, t f That host on the morrow lay Tft^red and strown. For the Angel of Death spread his wingsjon 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... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1839 - 232 pages
...the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen : Like...the foe as he pass'd ; And the eyes of the sleepers waz'd deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heav'd, and for ever grew still. And there lay the... | |
 | Emily Taylor - 1839 - 306 pages
...Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset was seen ; Like the leaves of the forest when autumn hath...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... | |
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