The Destruction of Sennacherib by Lord Byron (read by Tom OBedlam)

Sennacherib was king of Assyria who invaded Judea twice, defeated Babylon and rebuilt Nineveh after it had been destroyed by Babylonians. He died in 681 BC. The verse form is tetrameters of anapests which are supposed to sound like galloping horses. This poem was published in 1815 According to the Bible, Kings 19:35, an angel struck down 185, 000 men in the Assyrian camp The Downfall of Sennacherib was by Peter Paul Rub