 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 Thousand and One Gems of English Poetry - Seite 424von Charles Mackay - 1896 - 633 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1815 - 230 Seiten
...sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee, n. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green,...blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown. III. 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 - 1815 - 72 Seiten
...sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. II. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green,...blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown. III. For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1816 - 234 Seiten
...sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. II. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green,...blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown. III. 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 - 1817 - 226 Seiten
...sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. n. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green,...blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown. III. For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he... | |
 | 1818 - 384 Seiten
...blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest whea Summer is green, That hust with their banners at sunset were seen : Like the...withered and strown. For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, grew still. And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1820 - 306 Seiten
...sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. 2. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green,...when Autumn hath blown , That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown. 8. For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 478 Seiten
...sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue ware rolls nightly on deep Galilee. II. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green,...blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown. III. For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he... | |
 | 1822 - 494 Seiten
...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...when autumn hath blown, That host, on the morrow, lie wither'd and strewn. For the angel of death spread his wings on the blast, And breath' d in the... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1822 - 614 Seiten
...sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. 2. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green,...when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown. • 3. For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the... | |
 | John Watkins - 1822 - 452 Seiten
...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,}...when autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown." It would be unjust to pass unnoticed part of one poem, which touches with great... | |
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