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 ...

Built during the reign of King Sennacherib (705-681 BCE), the wall ... for a halt on any future projects that will lead to the destruction of any historical sites in Nineveh.

Just like Sennacherib and the Assyrians in the poem ... to Byron’s original readers that only a miracle could stop the destruction.

The Destruction of Sennacherib is a short narrative poem retelling a Biblical story from the Old Testament (2 Kings, chapter 19) in which God destroys King Sennacherib’s Assyrian army as they ...