<P> `` The Destruction of Sennacherib '' is a poem by Lord Byron first published in 1815 in his Hebrew Melodies . It is based on an event from the campaign by Assyrian king Sennacherib to capture Jerusalem , as described in the Bible ( 2 Kings 18 -- 19 ) . The poem is based on the biblical account of the historical Assyrian besieging of Jerusalem in 701 BC . The rhythm of the poem has a feel of the beat of a galloping horse 's hooves ( an anapestic tetrameter ) as the Assyrian rides into battle . </P>
<P> `` The Destruction of Sennacherib '' is a poem by Lord Byron first published in 1815 in his Hebrew Melodies . It is based on an event from the campaign by Assyrian king Sennacherib to capture Jerusalem , as described in the Bible ( 2 Kings 18 -- 19 ) . The poem is based on the biblical account of the historical Assyrian besieging of Jerusalem in 701 BC . The rhythm of the poem has a feel of the beat of a galloping horse 's hooves ( an anapestic tetrameter ) as the Assyrian rides into battle . </P>
who wrote the assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold
who wrote the assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold
Lord Byron
Lord Byron