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404 "BY THE WATERS OF BABYLON."

THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB.

I.

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.

II.

Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green,

That host with their banners at sunset were seen;