 | Ossian - 1805 - 648 pagina’s
...the dwelling of Moina, silence is in the house of her fathers. Raise the song of mourning, О bards, over the land of strangers. They have but fallen before...towers to-day ; yet a few years, and the blast of the desart comes*3; it howls in thy empty talions of the clasping ivy and the fox obscene. But the original... | |
 | James Macpherson - 1805 - 336 pagina’s
...the dwelling of Moina, silence is in the house of her fathers. Raise the song of mourning, O bards ! over the land of strangers. They have but fallen before...thou build the hall, son of the winged days ? Thou lookcst from thy towers to-day ; yet a few years, and the blast of the desert comes ; it howls in the... | |
 | Sir John Carr - 1806 - 322 pagina’s
...me of the words of Ossian. " Why dost " thou build the hall, son of the winged days ? Thou look'st " from thy towers to-day ; yet a few years, and the blast of " the desart comes : it howls in thy empty court" Stupendous mountains enclose this place on all sides, except... | |
 | Sir John Carr - 1806 - 366 pagina’s
...has become a dreary desert. The venerable remains of this city reminded me of the words of Ossian. " Why dost thou build the hall, son of the winged days ? Thou " look'st from thy towers to-day ; yet a few years, and the blast of " the desartcomes: it howls in... | |
 | Sir John Carr - 1809 - 328 pagina’s
...gloomy august pile. As I contemplated it, my mind accompanied my eye with the lines of Ossian : — " They have but fallen before us— for one day we must fall. Whydost thou build the hall, son of the winged day ? Thou lookesf from thy towers to-day; yet, a few... | |
 | 1810 - 364 pagina’s
...dwelling of Moina, silence is in the house of her fathers. Raise the song of mourning, O bards! over Ihe land of strangers. They have but fallen before us:...thou build the hall, son of the winged days? Thou * The title of this poem, in the original, is Duan na nlaoi, ie The Foem of the Hymns .- probably on... | |
 | Lady Morgan (Sydney) - 1812 - 486 pagina’s
...generally concluding with an emphatic shake of the headj and a melancholy apostrophe from Qs&ian ; " Why' dost thou build the hall, son of the winged days ? thou lookest from thy tower to-day, yet a few years, and the blast of the desert shall come} it howls in thy empty court,... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1813 - 536 pagina’s
...song of mourning over " the strangers. One day we must fall ; and they have " only fallen before us. Why dost thou build the hall, " son of the winged days ! Thou lookest from thy towers " to day : soon will the blast of the desert come. It " howls in thy empty court, and whistles over... | |
 | Richard Clark - 1814 - 530 pagina’s
...the dwelling of Mona, Silence is in the house of her fathers ; Raise the song of mourning, O bards, Over the land of strangers, — They have but fallen before us, For one day we must fall. Yet a few years, and the blast of the desert comes, And whistles round the half-worn shield. Let the... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1820 - 176 pagina’s
...written beneath an Elm, in the Churchyard of Harrow on the Hill 159 POEMS. ON LEAVING NEWSTEAD ABBEY. WHY dost thou build the hall ? Son of the winged days ! Thou lookest from thy tower to day ; yet a few years, and the blast of the desart comes ; it howls in thy empty court. OSSIAN.... | |
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Why dost thou build the hall, son of the winged days? Thou lookest from thy towers to-day; yet a few years, and the blast of the desart comes; it howls in thy empty court, and whistles round thy half-worn shield. 
