 | Celia Levetus, Marion Moss - 1840 - 966 oldal
...Egypt, taking with them the prophet Jeremiah, who is supposed to have died there. THE OLD MAN'S TALK " The Assyrian came down, like a wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming with purple and gold ; And the sheen of their spears shone like stars on the sea, Where the blue waves... | |
 | Charles Stuart Savile (hon.) - 1842 - 876 oldal
...to heaven, and rejoining his companions, proceeded on his way with a lightened heart. CHAPTER XIII. The Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming, with purple and gold. And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue waves... | |
 | Robert Gordon Latham - 1843 - 236 oldal
...convert xx a xxa xxa xxa into x ax xax x ax xa, as may be seen by separating the measures differently. 1. The Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in pfirple and gold : And the she£n of the spears was like stars on the sea, When the b!6e wave rolls... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 oldal
...blending, And beauty immortal awakes from the tomb." Beattie. THE 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,... | |
 | Robert Gordon Latham - 1849 - 118 oldal
...snakes how they rear, How they hiss in the air, And the sparkles they flash from their eyes. DRYDEN. As the omission of a single unaccented syllable will...great tendency to intermingle. 1. The Assyrian came d6wn like a w61f on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and g61d : And the sheen of the... | |
 | William Graham - 1857 - 406 oldal
...perplexities, close round about us like the waves of the sea. This was the consolation of Israel when— " The Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming wtth purple and gold ; And the sheen of his spears was like stars on the sea As the blue waves roll... | |
 | William Chambers - 1858 - 378 oldal
...swal]lowed what ca'me, And the pu'ff [ of a du'nce | he mistoo'k | it for fa'me — The Amy'r ji;in came do'wn | like a wo'lf | on the fold, And his co'|horts were glea'm|ing with pu'r|ple and gold — It is instinctively felt that some of these measures are better suited for... | |
 | Babylon - 1860 - 398 oldal
...Judah with the terrible fate of Israel. The prophet Isaiah, an eye-witness of the transactions, when " The Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming with purple and cold," forcibly paints the discordant scenes in Jerusalem at the tidings of his approach... | |
 | John Cumming - 1862 - 572 oldal
...breathe. The language here seems to allude to the catastrophe that overtook Sennacherib, when — " The Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold, And his banners were gleaming with silver and gold ; And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea,... | |
 | Frank Moore - 1864 - 332 oldal
...Liberty ! VANDAL EOST AT MANASSAS. 91 DESTRUCTION OF THE VANDAL HOST AT MANASSAS. A PARODY. A PE Lincoln came down like a wolf on the fold, "^ And his cohorts were thirsting for silver and gold; Though the sheen of their swords was like stars on the sea, Yet it saved... | |
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