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... The Songs of England and Scotland - الصفحة 2561835عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
| John Burke, Bernard Burke - 1848 - عدد الصفحات: 636
...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 gleaming in purple...Like the leaves of the forest when autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown." PEACE, humanity, and civilization, are deeply indebted... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - عدد الصفحات: 1068
...And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold And the sheen of their spears was like stars on th< sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee...were seen : Like the leaves of the forest when autumn ball blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown. For the Angel uf Death spread his wings... | |
| Charles Walton Sanders - 1842 - عدد الصفحات: 316
...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... | |
| Mogens Trolle Larsen - 1996 - عدد الصفحات: 420
...than Lord Byron in the poem 'The Destruction of Sennacherib': The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple...Like the leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strewn. Esarhaddon, the next king of Assyria, does not figure... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1996 - عدد الصفحات: 868
...her truth too dearly proved. The Destruction of Sennacherib The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple...When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. II 5 Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were... | |
| Connie Robertson - 1998 - عدد الصفحات: 686
...grief Are mine alone! 1941 'The Destruction of Sennacherib' The Assyrian came down like the wolf on h I ꏨ " 998 Wordsworth"' 1942 'The Destruction of Sennacherib' For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed... | |
| Mary Oliver - 1998 - عدد الصفحات: 212
...wreathed horn. (from Hebrew Melodies) George Gordon, Lord Byron The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple...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 seen:... | |
| Harry S. Truman - 1998 - عدد الصفحات: 614
...but be in reserve *The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleamimg in purple and gold; And the sheen of their spears...When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. — Byron, The Destruction of Sennacherib, but I am hoping for a shot most every day. My Battery was... | |
| Nicholas Bielby - 1999 - عدد الصفحات: 228
...clouds! (from Wordsworth, The Prelude, Book 1, line 330ff) The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and...When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. . . (from Byron, The Destruction of Sennacherib') The metre here determines the rhythm. It is anapaestic,... | |
| Mario Klarer - 1999 - عدد الصفحات: 180
...day. 2 Anapest, or anapestic foot: two unstressed syllahles followed hy one stressed syllahle (™') And the sheen | of their spears | was like stars | on the sea. 3 Trochee, or trochaic foot: a stressed syllahle followed hy an unstressed syllahle ( ") There they... | |
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