 | Scotland free church, gen. assembly - 1847 - 554 σελίδες
...shortening the vowel or dipthong. 8. Upon the accent. 9. Anapestic, two unaccented to one accented (" and the sheen' of their spears' was like stars' on the sea' ") ; Iambic, unaccented and accented alternately, as (" When spring' to woods' and wilds' around,"... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1844 - 900 σελίδες
...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...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... | |
 | Daniel Gardner - 1844 - 336 σελίδες
...of the God of Sabaoth by the Assyrian. The angel breathed upon his armed hosts, and they perished, " Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green,...when autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow, lay wither'cl and strown. And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through it there roll'd... | |
 | John Hall - 1845 - 354 σελίδες
...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... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1845 - 312 σελίδες
...sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Gallilee. 2. Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green,...when autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strewn. S. For the angel of death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the /ace... | |
 | Charles Walker Connon - 1845 - 176 σελίδες
...themselves,— Channing. 6. While this multitude of flies 7s filling all the air with melody. Wordsworth. 7. Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green,...That host with their banners at sunset were seen. — Byron. 207. A noun is sometimes put in the nominative, even when it is not the subject of the sentence,... | |
 | Bradford Frazee - 1845 - 214 σελίδες
...air. And the sparkles that flash from their eyes ! Dryden. xxa X 4. 1. The Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold : And the sheen of the spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. 2. Like the... | |
 | Roger de Flor (fict.name.) - 1845 - 1130 σελίδες
...down like the wolf on the fold, His cohorts were gleaming with purple and gold, And the sheen of his spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on the deep Gallilee." Byron. BEFORE the reader is transported from Constantinople to Asia Minor, and... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 σελίδες
...DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB'S ARMY.1 THE Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold, And his cohorts2 were gleaming in purple and gold ; And the sheen of their spears was l1ke stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest... | |
 | Menella Bute Smedley - 1845 - 226 σελίδες
...bright as the stars of night.'" It is bad policy to remind my readers of Byron's exquisite line— " And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea;" but I suppose that were I to omit such a reference, I should incur the charge of plagiarism. " 'Tis... | |
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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. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is... 
