 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, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown. For the angel of death spread his wings on the...  The works of lord Byron - Page 32by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1820Full view - About this book
 | George Washington Burnap - Women - 1841 - 296 pages
...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 spread his wings on the blast,...And their hearts but once heaved, and forever grew atill. "And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through it there roll'd not the breath... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 998 pages
...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 spread his wings on the blast,...the foe as he pass'd ; And the eyes of the sleepers wai'd deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still! And there lay the... | |
 | Charles Bucke - Cities and towns, Ancient - 1841 - 372 pages
...strown. • JElian calls him Thilgamus. t 2 Kings. t Adrammelech and Sharezer. $ 2 Kings, zix., v. 37. " For the angel of death spread his wings on 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... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - Elocution - 1841 - 410 pages
...For the angel of death | spread Ais wings on the blast, \ And breath'd in the face of the foe as Ae pass'd ; | And the eyes of the sleepers wax'd deadly and chill, | And their hearts but once heav'd, | and for ever were still! | And there lay the steed with Ais nostrils all wide, | But through... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - Readers - 1849 - 316 pages
...the leaves of the forest when autumn hath blowrr, That host on the morrow lay withered and strewn. 3. For the angel of death spread his wings on the blast,...and chill, And their hearts but once heaved — and for ever grew stiP, 4. And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through it there rolled... | |
 | Methodist Episcopal Church - 1842 - 440 pages
...many or few. He watched over his people. To their foes he said thus far ehalt thou come ; and then, " The angel of death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the faco of lhe foe as ho past; And the eyes of the sleeper waxed deadly and chill, The heart but once... | |
 | Atheism - 1842 - 420 pages
...can be compared to Atheism. Superstitionists, under its visitation, are like the Assyrian hosts, when The Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed on the face of the foe as he passed ; The eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill, Their hearts... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1843 - 576 pages
...leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown. III. For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast,...deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still ! HEBREW MELODIES. IV. And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through... | |
 | Robert Gordon LATHAM - 1843 - 236 pages
...the leaves of the forest when Autumn is blown, That h6st on the morrow lay withered and str6wn. 3. For the A'ngel of Death spread his wings on the blast,...deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and for £ver grew still. 4. And th£re lay the steed with his nostril all wide ; But through it there... | |
 | Robert Gordon Latham - English language - 1843 - 236 pages
...the forest when Autumn is blown, That h6st on the marrow lay withered and strown. 3. For the A'ngcl of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he pass'd ; And the ejes of the sleepers wax'd deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still.... | |
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