The Destruction Of Sennecherib Flashcards

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“The _______ came down like the ____ on the ___”

The destruction of Sennacherib

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“The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold”

The destruction of Sennacherib

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“Cohorts were _________ in _____ and _____ ; / and the sheen of their spears was like ____ in the ___”

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“Cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold; / and the sheen of their spears was like stars in the sea”

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“Like the leaves of the ____ when _______ is green,/ that host with their banners at ______ were seen”

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“Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green,/ that host with their banners at sunset were seen”

The destruction of Sennacherib

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“Like the ______ of the forest when _______ hath blown,/ that host on the morrow lay wither’d and ______”

The describing of Sennacherib

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“Like the leaves of the forest when autumn hath blown,/ that host on the morrow lay wither’d and strown”

The describing of Sennacherib

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“For the angle of ____ spread his ____ on the ____”

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“For the angle of death spread his wings on the blast”

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“And the ____ of the sleepers ____ and chill,/ and their _____ but once ______, and for ever grew _____”

The destruction of Sennacherib

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“And the eyes of the sleepers wax’d and chill,/ and their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still”

The destruction of Sennacheri

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“And there lay the _____with his nostrils all _____”

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“And there lay the steed with his nostrils all wide”

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“And there lay the ____ distorted and ____”

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“And there lay the rider distorted and pale”

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“The might of the Gentile, _______ by the sword,/ hath ______ like the _____ in the glance of the ____! “

The destruction of Sennacherib

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“The might of the Gentile, unsmote by the sword,/ hath melted like the snow in the glance of the lord! “

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