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The Destruction of Sennacherib, st. 6.

And the might of the Gentile, unsmote by the sword,
Hath melted like snow in the glance of the Lord!

— Lord Byron

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "And the might of the Gentile, unsmote by the sword,
Hath melted like snow in the glance of the Lord!" in the context of "The Destruction of Sennacherib, st. 6." to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Lord Byron

About Lord Byron

George Gordon (Noel) Byron, 6th Baron Byron (January 22 1788 – April 19 1824), generally known as Lord Byron, was an English poet and leading figure in Romanticism. He was the father of the mathematician Ada Lovelace.