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" THE Assyrian came down like the 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. "
The speaker: or, Miscellaneous pieces selected from the best English writers ... - Page 352
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English Literature of the Nineteenth Century ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1851 - 768 pages
...flattered, followed, sought, and sued ; This is to be alone ; this, this is solitude ! DESTRUCTION OP SENNACHERIB. The Assyrian came down like the wolf...sea When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green l hat host Wlth their ,»„„„, a( sunset were...
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Notes and lessons on the geography and history of Palestine

George Henry Taylor (master of the Model sch, Battersea.) - 1851 - 292 pages
...destruction of the Assyrians is most powerfully described in the following verses : — " The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were...When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen...
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A History of All Nations, from the Earlier Periods to the Present ..., Volume 1

World history - 1851 - 614 pages
...camp of Senacherib was smitten with pestilence, and 185,000 of his men perished. " The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were...When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. " Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen...
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Select English poetry, with notes by E. Hughes

Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 pages
...Widows. Wolf. Broke. Purple. Host. Idols. Sheen. Lay. "Hostwere." Angel. Nightly. THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were...When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen...
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The Ansayrii, (or Assassins,): With Travels in the Further East ..., Volume 2

Frederick Walpole - Assassins (Ismailites) - 1851 - 406 pages
...an umbrella ; his dress, chariot, and horse's gear delicately and minutely cut. ' The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were...their spears was like stars on the sea. When the blue waves roll nightly on deep Qalilee. Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green, That host with...
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Bentley's Miscellany, Volume 30

Literature - 1851 - 682 pages
...an umbrella ; his dress, chariot, and horse's gear delicately and minutely cut. ' The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were...their spears was like stars on the sea. When the blue waves roll nightly on deep Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green, That host with...
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The Ansayrii, and the Assassins, with travels in the Further east ..., Volume 2

Frederick Walpole (hon.) - 1851 - 438 pages
...an umbrella ; his dress, chariot, and horse's gear delicately and minutely cut. " The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were...their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue waves roll nightly on deep Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green, That host with...
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Selections from the British Poets: Chronologically Arranged from Chaucer to ...

English poetry - 1851 - 496 pages
...returned with shame of face to his own land." — 2 CHRONICLES, xxxii. 21. THE Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in...of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the hlue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host,...
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English Literature of the Nineteenth Century ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1851 - 780 pages
...sued ; This is to be alono ; this, this is solitude ! DESTRUCTION OF SENNACIIERIIJ. The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were...gold; And the sheen of their spears was like stars on tin: sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest when summer...
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Guy's new speaker, selections of poetry and prose from the best writers in ...

Joseph Guy - 1852 - 458 pages
...The tie which bound the first endures the last ! THE DESTEUCTION OF SENNACHEEIB. THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were...When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen...
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