Destruction of Sennacherib vs Exposure

Religion - Destruction of Sennacherib

“Angel of Death spread his wings” → “breathed in the face of the foe”

“Lay the Rider distorted and pale”

“Melted like snow in the glance of the Lord!”

Religion - Exposure

“Twitching agonies of men among its brambles”

“For God’s invincible spring, our love is made afraid”

“For love of God seems dying”

Seasons - Destruction of Sennacherib

“Leaves of the forest when Summer is green”

“Leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown”

“Hath melted like snow in the glance of the Lord!”

Seasons - Exposure

“Blossoms trickling where the blackbird fusses”

“His frost will fasten”

“Nor ever suns smile true on child or field, or fruit”

Snow and Water - Destruction of Sennacherib

“Blue waves rolls nightly on deep Galilee”

“The foam of his gasping lay white on the turf”

“Cold as the spray of the rock beating surf”

“Melted like snow in the glance of the Lord!”

Snow and Water - Exposure

“Our brains ached in the merciless iced east winds that knive us…”

“War lasts, rain soaks, and clouds sag stormy”

“Air that shudders black with snow”

“Snow-dazed”