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the assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold
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![](/assets/the-destruction-of-sennacherib/1-and his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold/3.png)
and his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold
and the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea
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![](/assets/the-destruction-of-sennacherib/3-when the blue wave rolls nightly on deep galilee/2.png)
when the blue wave rolls nightly on deep galilee
like the leaves of the forest when summer is green
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![](/assets/the-destruction-of-sennacherib/5-that host with their banners at sunset were seen/3.png)
that host with their banners at sunset were seen
like the leaves of the forest when autumn hath blown
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![](/assets/the-destruction-of-sennacherib/7-that host on the morrow lay withered and strown/0.png)
that host on the morrow lay withered and strown
for the angel of death spread his wings on the blast
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![](/assets/the-destruction-of-sennacherib/9-and breathed in the face of the foe as he passed/2.png)
and breathed in the face of the foe as he passed
and the eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill
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![](/assets/the-destruction-of-sennacherib/11-and their hearts but once heaved/1.png)
and their hearts but once heaved
and for ever grew still
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![](/assets/the-destruction-of-sennacherib/13-and there lay the steed with his nostril all wide/2.png)
and there lay the steed with his nostril all wide
but through it there rolled not the breath of his pride
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![](/assets/the-destruction-of-sennacherib/15-and the foam of his gasping lay white on the turf/0.png)
and the foam of his gasping lay white on the turf
and cold as the spray of the rock beating surf
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![](/assets/the-destruction-of-sennacherib/17-and there lay the rider distorted and pale/2.png)
and there lay the rider distorted and pale
with the dew on his brow
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![](/assets/the-destruction-of-sennacherib/19-and the rust on his mail/1.png)
and the rust on his mail
and the tents were all silent
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![](/assets/the-destruction-of-sennacherib/21-the banners alone/1.png)
the banners alone
the lances unlifted
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![](/assets/the-destruction-of-sennacherib/23-the trumpet unblown/2.png)
the trumpet unblown
and the widows of ashur are loud in their wail
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![](/assets/the-destruction-of-sennacherib/25-and the idols are broke in the temple of baal/2.png)
and the idols are broke in the temple of baal
and the might of the gentile unsmote by the sword
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![](/assets/the-destruction-of-sennacherib/27-hath melted like snow in the glance of the lord/1.png)