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- Lord Byron

The 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.

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verb

To emit beams of light; shine; radiate.

to beam forth light

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Oscar Wilde

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Oscar Wilde1854–190019th centuryAestheticism Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was a Irish poet associated with Aestheticism. ReadingWillow includes public-domain poems by this author for classroom study.