 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 the spray of the rock-beating surf. And there lay the rider distorted and pale,...  The Advanced Reader - Page 2401866 - 400 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 pages
...of the rock-beating surf. And there lay the rider distorted and pale, With the dew on his brow, and the rust on his mail ; And the tents were all silent,...unlifted, the trumpet unblown. And the widows of Ashur arc loud in their wail, And the idols arc broke in the temple of Banl ; And the might of the gentile,... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1842 - 316 pages
...there lay the rider, distorted and pale, With the dew "on his brow, and the rust on his mail ; A nd the tents were all silent, the banners alone, The...unblown. And the widows of Ashur are loud in their wai!, And the idols are broke in the temple of Ba'al ; And the might of the Gentile, unsmote by the... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - 1847 - 344 pages
...surf. 148 THE ELOCUTIONIST. And there lay the rider, distorted and pale, Witli the dew on his brow, and the rust on his mail} And the tents were all silent,...sword, Hath melted, like snow, in the glance of the Lord. LESSON LIII. Hymn before Sun-rise, in the Vale of CJtamouny. — COLERIDGE. I HAST thou a charm... | |
 | Salem Town - 1847 - 420 pages
...the rock-beating surf. 5. And there lay the rider distorted and pale, With the dew on his brow and the rust on his mail And the tents were all silent,...banners alone, The lances unlifted, the trumpet unblown, 6 And the widows of Ashur are loud in their wail, And the idols are broke in the temple of Baal ; And... | |
 | George W. Burnap - 1848 - 358 pages
...of the rock-beating surf. " And there lay the rider distorted and pale, With the dew on his brow and the rust on his mail ; And the tents were all silent,...sword, Hath melted like snow in the glance of the Lord !" There is no other way except that of minute description to awaken the deep sympathies of the... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1848 - 428 pages
...of the rock-beating surf. And there lay the rider distorted and pale, With the dew on his brow, and the rust on his mail ; And the tents were all silent,...sword, Hath melted like snow in the glance of the Lord ! BY THE RIVERS OF BABYLON WE SAT DOWN AND WEPT. WE sat down and wept by the waters Of Babel,... | |
 | George W. Burnap - 1848 - 358 pages
...With the dew on his brow and the rust on his mail; And the tents were all silent, the banners alqjie, The lances unlifted, the trumpet unblown. " And the...sword, Hath melted like snow in the glance of the Lord !" There is no other way except that of minute description to awaken the deep sympathies of the... | |
 | Joseph Guy - 1849 - 118 pages
...of the rock-beating surf. And there lay the rider distorted and pale, With the dew on his brow, and the rust on his mail; And the tents were all silent,...sword, Hath melted like snow in the glance of the Lord. SATURDAY AFTERNOON.—BOYS AT PLAY. NP WILLIS. I LOVE to look on a scene like this, And my locks... | |
 | Thomas King Greenbank - 1849 - 446 pages
...and for ever grew still! And there lay the rider distorted and pale, With the dew on his brow, and the rust on his mail; And the tents were all silent,...sword, Hath melted like snow in the glance of the Lord ! DARKNESS. I HAD a dream, which was not all a dream. The bright sun was extinguished, and the... | |
 | Robert Gordon Latham - 1849 - 118 pages
...mail ; And the t£nts were all silent, the banners a!6ne, The lances unlifted, the trumpet unb!6wn. 6. And the widows of A'shur are loud in their wail, And...the might of the Gentile unsmote by the sword Hath mflted like sn6w in the glance of the Lord. — BYRON. § 186. In the English language the disyllabic... | |
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