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. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green,That host with their banners at sunset were seen:Like … Continue reading Poem – “The Destruction of Sennacherib”
Lord Byron
Poetry – “Prometheus”
Titan! to whose immortal eyes The sufferings of mortality, Seen in their sad reality,Were not as things that gods despise;What was thy pity's recompense?A silent suffering, and intense;The rock, the vulture, and the chain,All that the proud can feel of pain,The agony they do not show,The suffocating sense of woe, Which speaks but in its loneliness,And then is … Continue reading Poetry – “Prometheus”
Poem – “Song of Saul Before His Last Battle”
Warriors and chiefs! should the shaft or the swordPierce me in leading the host of the Lord,Heed not the corse, though a king's, in your path:Bury your steel in the bosoms of Gath! Thou who are bearing my buckler and bow,Should the soldiers of Saul look away from the foe,Stretch me that moment in blood … Continue reading Poem – “Song of Saul Before His Last Battle”
Serpent's Den 