...points; thus the glittering of drawn swords is properly termed sheen.—Cf. Byron's Hebrew Melodies: " And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea." The appearance of moonlight, broken by the shadows of a woodland landscape, may therefore not inaptly...

...many a day with measures full of sadness! DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB. LOBD BYRON. 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 was seen;...

...foe — in one red burial blent! BYRON. THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB. THE Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in...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...

...old Triton blow his wreathed horn. (from Hebrew Melodies) George Gordon, Lord Byron The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were...When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. n Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen:...

...worm, the canker, and the grief Are mine alone! 1941 'The Destruction of Sennacherib' The Assyrian came s 1942 'The Destruction of Sennacherib' For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed...

...but be in reserve *The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleamimg in purple and gold; And the sheen of their spears...When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. — Byron, The Destruction of Sennacherib, but I am hoping for a shot most every day. My Battery was...

...power, numbers are always magnified and, stripped of individuality, dehumanised. 'The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, and his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold . . .' Byron's vivid imagery slithers easily into childhood nightmares of wolves and demons. Powerful...

...what motion moved the clouds! (from Wordsworth, The Prelude, Book 1, line 330ff) The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold And his cohorts were...When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. . . (from Byron, The Destruction of Sennacherib') The metre here determines the rhythm. It is anapaestic,...

...day. 2 Anapest, or anapestic foot: two unstressed syllahles followed hy one stressed syllahle (™') And the sheen | of their spears | was like stars | on the sea. 3 Trochee, or trochaic foot: a stressed syllahle followed hy an unstressed syllahle ( ") There they...

...in his stead. The Destruction of Sennacherib -*•> GEORGE NOEL GORDON, LORD BYRON 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:...