 STAR of descending night ! fair is thy light in the west ! thou liftest thy unshorn head from thy cloud : thy steps are stately on thy hill. What dost thou behold in the plain ? The stormy winds are laid. The murmur of the torrent comes from afar. Roaring...  The Poems of Ossian - Pagina 39door James Macpherson - 1803Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1765 - 416 pagina’s
...from thy cloud : thy fteps are ftately on thy hill. What deft thou behold in the plain ? The ftormy winds are laid; The murmur of the torrent comes from afar. Roaring waves climb the diftant rock. The flies of evening are on * This poem fixes the antiquity of a cuflom, which is well... | |
 | Ossian - 1790 - 450 pagina’s
...from thy cloud : thy fteps are ftately on thy hill. What doft thou behold in the plain ,? The ftormy winds are laid. The murmur of the torrent comes from afar. Roaring waves climb the diftant rock. The flies of evening are on their feeble wings ; the hum of their courfe is on the field.... | |
 | 1799 - 252 pagina’s
...from thy cloud : thy fteps are ftately on thy hill. What doft thou behold in the plain ? The ftcrmy winds are laid. The murmur of the torrent comes from afar. Roaring waves climb the diftant rock. The flies of evening are on their feeble wings, and the hum of their courfe is on the... | |
 | Ossian - 1805 - 648 pagina’s
...to an annual custom established by the monarchs of the ancient Caledonians. MAC THE SONGS OF SELMA. STAR of descending night ! fair is thy light in the...head from thy cloud * : thy steps are stately on thy 1 Star of descending night ! fair is thy light in the nest.] From Per. Lost, v. 166'. Fairest of stars... | |
 | Ossian - 1805 - 244 pagina’s
...with ail tliat tranquillity and iuftlieas, which the eieae described naturally inspires. SrAR of the descending night ! fair is thy light in the west ! thou liftest thy unshorn hend from thy cloud ; thy steps are stately on thy hill. What dost thou behold in the plain ? The stormy... | |
 | Domestic, literary and village sketches - 1823 - 168 pagina’s
...? Are these his groans on the wind ?" Now touch we the harp again, and address the evening star. " Star of descending night ! fair is thy light in the...laid. The murmur of the torrent comes from afar."* " I behold my departed friends. Their gathering is on Lora, as in the days of other years. Fingal comes... | |
 | Dugald Moore - 1831 - 276 pagina’s
...lifeless haze each icy summit shrouds, And huge Ben-Cruachan is hid in clouds. SUMMER EVENING SHOWER Star of descending night ! fair Is thy light in the...unshorn head from thy cloud ; thy steps are stately on the hill. OSSIAH. THE playful breeze is dancing through the dell, Breaking the azure crystal of the... | |
 | 1834 - 438 pagina’s
...it» fire . Intenser forth and higher. PEKCIVAL MISCELLANY. OSSIAN'S ADDRESS то THE Evcnine STAR. Star of descending night ! fair is thy light in the...liftest thy unshorn head from thy cloud : thy steps лге stately on thy hill. What dost thou behold in the plain ? The stormy winds are laid. The murmur... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pagina’s
...soul. Her blue eves rolled on him in secret ; and she blest the chief" of Morven. [The Songi of Selma.] adual change was here, Yet ghastly. For, as fast years flow away, The smooth brow gathers, and thé wave« climb the distant rock. The flics of evening are on their feeble wings ; the hum of their course... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1851 - 764 pagina’s
...soul. Her blue eyes rolled on him in secret ; and she blest the chief of Morrea. [The Songt of Selma.] when he frowned ; Yet he was kind ; or, if severe...declared how much he knew; Twas certain ho could write I The stormy winds are laid. The murmur of the torrent comes from afar. Roaring waves climb the distant... | |
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