 | Patrick O'Shea - 1873 - 524 pages
...liberty, upon which the world may gaze v ith admiration forever. THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB. —Byron. The Assyrian came down, like a wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold ; And the sheen of his spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls... | |
 | English poetry - 1873 - 390 pages
...glare of Skiddaw roused the burghers of Carlisle. THE DESTEUCTION OF SENNACHEEIB'S AEMY. BY BYRON. THE Assyrian came down like a 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... | |
 | Henry Major - 1873 - 168 pages
...at the top of the page ; and write sentences containing those words. THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB. The Assyrian came down like a 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... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1873 - 348 pages
...might have been set at libei-ty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar. DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB. BYEOM. The Assyrian came down like a wolf — on the fold, And his cohorts — were gleaming — in purple and gold; And the sheen of his spears — was like stars — on the sea Where the blue... | |
 | William Leonard Gage - Bible - 1873 - 576 pages
...has been beautifully told by the poet Byron, whose verses, though familiar, I will venture to quote: "The Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold ; And the sheen of their spears was like stars in the sea, When the blue wave rolls... | |
 | Charles Mackay - English language - 1874 - 324 pages
...Shakspeare, seems to be wrong in using the word sheen in the sense of shine in the following passage : The Assyrian came down like a 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. Hebrew Melodies. Tennyson... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - English language - 1874 - 468 pages
...The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me." — GRAY. " The Assyrian came down like a 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... | |
 | Samuel Langhorne Clemens - Humorous stories, American - 1875 - 332 pages
...doggerel, and says it has been regarded as very good in Dutch Flat. I give a specimen verse : — " The Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold, And...his cohorts were gleaming with purple and gold ; And Mk sheen of his spears was like stars on the sea ; When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee."... | |
 | Mark Twain - American literature - 1875 - 320 pages
...doggerel, and says it has been regarded as very good in Dutch Flat. I give a specimen verse : — " The Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold, And...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 deep Galilee."... | |
 | Henry Major - 1875 - 268 pages
...at the top of the page ; and write sentences containing these words. THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB. The Assyrian came down like a 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... | |
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THE Assyrian came down like a 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. 
