 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...  Primer First (-Fourth, Sixth) reader - Side 343af Public school series - 1874Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Daniel Gardner - 1844 - 336 sider
...the leaves of the forest, when autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow, lay wither'cl and strown. And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through it there roll'd not the breath of his pride : And the foam of his gasping lay white on the turf, And cold as... | |
 | 1863 - 518 sider
...better ; and Mr. Patmore's alterations are of the same irritating and contemptible kind. Byron wrote " And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through it there roll'd not the breath of bis pride ;" Mr. Patmore can not leave this alone. In the first line he reads... | |
 | John Hall - 1845 - 354 sider
...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... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 sider
...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... | |
 | Bradford Frazee - 1845 - 214 sider
...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... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 sider
...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 sider
...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... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 390 sider
...hath bluwa, That host, on the morrow lay withered and strown. For the angel of death— spread bis wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe, as he pasted ; And the eyes of the sleepers — waxed deadly, and chin. And their hearts, but once heaved,... | |
 | 1867 - 852 sider
...the Angel of Death spread his wings on I1i< blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he parsed, And the eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill, And their hearts but onoc henved — anil for «*T grew still. " And the widows of Asshur are loud in ttieir wail. And the... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 sider
...on the morrow lay wither'd and strown. * 2 Kings, xix. 35. t A legion was divided into ten cohorts. For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breath'd in the face of the foe as he pass'd ; And the eyes of the sleepers wax'd deadly and chill,... | |
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