 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...  Lord Byron's Works ... - Página 225de George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1860 - 444 páginas
...the expression noted above. In the poem on the " Destruction of Sennacherib," he has the following: " The Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast,...And the eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill, Their hearts but once heaved, and forever grew still." It would be very foolish to argue from this,... | |
 | John Hall - 1845 - 354 páginas
...leaves of the forest when autumn hath blown', That host' on the morrow lay withered and strown. 3. For the angel of death spread his wings on the blast',...and chill', And their hearts but once heaved', and forever grew still. 4. And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through it there rolled... | |
 | Bradford Frazee - 1845 - 214 páginas
...the leaves of the forest when Autumn is blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown. 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 heaved, and... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 páginas
...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 heaved, and... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 páginas
...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 blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he past ; And the eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved — and... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1845 - 312 páginas
...the leaves of the forest when autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strewn. S. For the angel of death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the /ace of the foe as he pass'd; And the eyes of the sleepers wax'd deadly and chill. And their hearts... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1842 - 316 páginas
...the leaves of the forest when autumn hath blown, 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 heaved —... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 páginas
...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 heaved, and... | |
 | Salem Town - 1847 - 420 páginas
...the leaves of the forests when autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown. 3. For the angel of death spread his wings on the blast,...deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and forever grew still. 4. And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through it there rolled... | |
 | 1847 - 600 páginas
...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 blast,...And breathed in the face of the foe as he passed." | This is a very characteristic feature of epidemics in general. Dr. Johnson very soundly remarked,... | |
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