Denn der Engel des Tod´s kam mit Sturmesgewalt,
und blies auf die Feinde verderblich und kalt.
Und es ward nicht der schlafenden Augen mehr wach,
und es hob sich noch einmal ihr Herz und es brach.

George Gordon Noel Byron

For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, // And breathed in the face of the foe as he pass´d, // And the eyes of the sleepers wax´d deadly and chill, // And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still!

George Gordon Noel Byron
Denn der Engel des Tod´s kam mit Sturmesgewalt, und blies auf die Feinde verderblich und… - George Gordon Noel Byron Zitate
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Die Niederlage des Sanherib (The Destruction of Sennacherib) II
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