...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; And the eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and...

...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...

...the leaves of the forest when autumn hath blown, That host, on the morrow, lie wither'd and strewn. For the angel of death spread his wings on the blast, And breath' d in the face of the foe as he past ; And the eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill —...

...blended With the voice of the spoiler by me ! THE DESTRUCTION OF SEMNACHERIB. I. THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were...their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still ! IV. And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through it there roll'd not the breath...

...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,...their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still! And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through it there roll'd not the breath of his...

...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,...wax'd deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heav'd, and for ever grew still. IV. And there lay the steed with his nostrils all wide, But through...

...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,...their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still ! And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through it there roll'd not the breath of...

...morrow lay wither'd and strown. Fne the angel of death spread his wings on the hlast, And hreathed in the face of the foe as he pass'd; And the eyes...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...

...Death spread hie wing« on the blast, And breathed in tho face of the foe as he pass'd ; And the eye« of the sleepers wax'd deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew «till! And there' lay the eteed with hi* nostril all vide, But through it there roll'd not the breath...

...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...