9164 | The Cyber Hymnal#9165 | 9166 |
Text: | The Destruction of Sennacherib |
Author: | George Gordon, Lord Byron |
Tune: | CHRISTMAS SONG |
Composer: | Karl Pomeroy Harrington |
Media: | MIDI file |
1 The Assyrian came down
like the wolf on the fold,
And his cohorts were gleaming
in purple and gold;
and the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea,
when the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee.
2 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.
3 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 for ever grew still!
4 And there lay the steed
with his nostril all wide,
But through it there rolled
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.
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, the 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 the might of the Gentile, unsmote by the sword,
Hath melted like snow in the glance of the Lord.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | The Assyrian came down |
Title: | The Destruction of Sennacherib |
Author: | George Gordon, Lord Byron |
Meter: | 6666.12.12 |
Language: | English |
Source: | Hebrew Melodies, 1815 |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Notes: | Alternate tune: STARLIGHT by Carl F. Crusius |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | CHRISTMAS SONG |
Composer: | Karl Pomeroy Harrington (1904) |
Meter: | 6666.12.12 |
Key: | G Major or modal |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
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MIDI file: | MIDI |
Noteworthy Composer score: | Noteworthy Composer Score |