| James Sheridan Knowles - 1847 - 344 páginas
...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....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 breathed on the face... | |
| 1847 - 592 páginas
...noon-day and the arrow that flieth by night !" There is as much philosophy as truth in the description : " Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green,...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 of the foe as... | |
| 1847 - 600 páginas
...noon-day and the arrow that flieth by night!" There is 33 much philosophy as truth in the description : " Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green,...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 of the foe as... | |
| 1847 - 526 páginas
...one bound — escapes control. BYRON'S Corsair. 17. How peaceful and how powerful is the grave ! 18. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green,...when Autumn hath blown, That host, on the morrow, lay wither'd and strown ! BYRON. 19. And dull the film along his dim eye grew. BYRON'S Lara. 20. Yes, this... | |
| 1847 - 540 páginas
...one bound — escapes control. BYRON'S Corsair. 17. How peaceful and how powe.ful is the grave '. 18. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green,...when Autumn hath blown, That host, on the morrow, lay wither'd and strovvn ! BYRON. 19. And dull the film along his dim eye grew. BYRON'S Lara. 20. Yes,... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1848 - 428 páginas
...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....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 of the foe as... | |
| George W. Burnap - 1848 - 358 páginas
...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....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 breathed in the face... | |
| George W. Burnap - 1848 - 358 páginas
...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....forest when autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lav wither'd and strown. " For the angel of death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the... | |
| William Harvey Wells - 1848 - 258 páginas
...Gibbon. " Africa, as well as Gaul, was gradually fashioned to the imitation of the capital." — Ibid. "Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green,...That host with their banners, at sunset were seen." — Byron. " The almost unobserved advancement and diffusion of knowledge were paving the way for discoveries."... | |
| George Croly - 1849 - 416 páginas
...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....Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed oil the face of the foe as he passed ; And the eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill, And their... | |
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