| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1822 - 614 pages
...leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd 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... | |
| 1876 - 1204 pages
...swiftness, suddenness, and awful silence of wide-spread death are described with inimitable force, " For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed on the face of the foe as he passed." Then the empty tents, furled banners, unlif ted lances, and hushed... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1823 - 310 pages
...leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown. III. 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... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1823 - 386 pages
...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,...ever grew still ! 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... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Alfred Howard - 1824 - 226 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 heaved, and... | |
| Cabinet - 1824 - 440 pages
...leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and striiwn. Ill, 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 heav'd, and... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1824 - 234 pages
...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 for ever grew still! And the foam of his gasping lay white on the turf, And cold as the spray of the rock-beating surf. And... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 546 pages
...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... | |
| George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 804 pages
...Autumn hath blown. That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strewn. XX. For the Angel of Death ipread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he And the eyes of the sleepers wax'd deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1826 - 566 pages
...of the foe as he pass'd; And the eyes of the sleepers wax'd deadly and chill, And their hearts hnt once heaved, and for ever grew still ! And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, Bnt throngh it there roll'd not the hreath of his pride : And the foam of his gasping... | |
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