Theme Death: war always brings death and destruction ... unsmote by the sword,/ Hath melted like snow in the glance of the Lord!’ At the start of the poem the might of the Assyrians is ...

Lord Byron’s influence on musicians was immense – with Rossini, Verdi, Berlioz, Liszt, Tchaikovsky and Schoenberg among the ...

For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast ... Hath melted like snow in the glance of the Lord! Note: this poem is included for reference purposes, please refer to your anthology ...