 | Jewel - 1839 - 352 pages
...Like the leaves of the forest when autumn has 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 he pass'd ; And the eyes of the sleepers wax'd deadly and chill, And their hearts butonce... | |
 | 1839 - 510 pages
...planned the destruction of Jerusalem, and whose army was arrested, overthrown, and destroyed : — " For the angel of death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he pass'd." But this opinion, though correct as far as it goes, only embraces a small part... | |
 | Emily Taylor - 1839 - 306 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 breathed on the face of the foe as he past ; And the eyes of the sleepers wax'd deadly and chill, And their... | |
 | Christian - 1840 - 312 pages
...the leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown. i For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he pass'd ; And the eyes of the sleepers wax'd deadly and chill, And their hearts but once... | |
 | Christian - 1840 - 318 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 breathed in the face of the foe as he pass'd ; And the eyes of the sleepers wax'd deadly and chill, And then- hearts but once... | |
 | C. Palfrey - 1840 - 754 pages
...may not indeed be swept away in a moment, as the hosts of the Assyrian king before Jerusalem, " When the angel of death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he passed, And the might nf the Gentile, unsmote bv the sword, Was melted, like snow, in... | |
 | Charles Bucke - 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... | |
 | George W. Burnap - 1841 - 288 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 breathed in the face of the foe as he pass'd; And the eyes of the sleepers wax'd deadly and chill, And their hearts but once... | |
 | 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. the foe as he pass'd ; And the eyes of the sleepers wai'd deadly and chill, And their hearts but once... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 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 breathed in the face of the foe as he pass'd ; And the eyes of the sleepers wax'd deadly and chill, And their hearts but once... | |
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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... 
