 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1843 - 576 pages
...blended With the voice of the spoiler by me ! THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB. I. THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were...When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. n. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Elocution - 1844 - 900 pages
...an angel down. PATHETIC AND ENTERTAINING. 1. THE DESTRUCTION OF SENACHERIB. Byron. The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were...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... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...Her tale untold — her truth too dearly proved. THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB. TRE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were...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... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pages
...THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB.' THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts f were gleaming in purple and gold; And the sheen of...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. * 2 Kings, xix. 35.... | |
 | John Hall - Elocution - 1845 - 354 pages
...their grave. LESSON CI. THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB. Anapestic. Four feet. 1. THE Assyrian came down* like the wolf on the fold', And his cohorts...When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. 2. Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green', That host' with their banners' at sunset were... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...Her tale untold — her truth too dearly proved. THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB. TRE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were...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... | |
 | John Burke, Bernard Burke - Genealogy - 1848 - 636 pages
...forgetfulness in the one, and more barbarity in the other. " J*. ABD-EL-KADER. " The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were...banners at sunset were seen : Like the leaves of the forest when autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown." PEACE, humanity, and... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1842 - 316 pages
...dead corpses."— II. Kings 19th Chap. 35th verse. 1. THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the foW, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold ;...the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Gallilee. 2. Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - Elocution - 1847 - 344 pages
...and find eternal rest ! LESSON LII. Tfic Destruction of Scnnaclicrib. — BYRON. THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were...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... | |
 | George W. Burnap - Women - 1848 - 358 pages
...poetic genius it becomes one of the most magnificent pictures in all literature. " The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were...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... | |
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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. 
