Packet 8: Tossup 13

In a poem by this author, two enemies make a fire with their “feeble breath” before recognizing each other and dying “of their mutual hideousness.” (-5[1])This author described how “the stars / Did wander darkling in the eternal (15[1])space” in a poem that begins “I had a dream, which was not all a dream.” Another poem (15[1])by this (15[1])author (15[1])relates how “there lay the steed with his nostril all wide” (15[1])as “the foam (15[1])of his gasping (15[1])lay white on (-5[1])the turf.” The (*) “year without a summer” (10[1])inspired this author’s (10[1]-5[1])apocalyptic (10[1])poem “Darkness.” (10[1])This poet (10[1])compared an army’s (10[1])spears (10[1])to “stars on the (10[1])sea” (10[1])to (10[1])describe a battle where (10[1])“the Angel (10[1]-5[1])of Death spread his wings (10[1])on the blast.” (-5[1])That (10[1])poem by this author begins “The Assyrian (10[1])came down (10[3])like the (10[1])wolf (10[1])on the (10[1])fold.” (10[2]-5[1])For 10 points, what poet of “The Destruction of Sennacherib” (10[3])wrote “She Walks (10[2])in Beauty”? (10[1])■END■ (10[5]0[1])

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