 O thou that rollest above, round as the shield of my fathers ! Whence are thy beams, O sun, thy everlasting light ? Thou comest forth in thy awful beauty, — the stars hide themselves in the sky ; the moon, cold, and pale, sinks in the western wave....  The Poems of Ossian - Pagina 248door Hugh Campbell - 1822 - 700 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | British essayists - 1802 - 216 pagina’s
...themselves in the sky : The moon, cold and pale, sinks in the western wave, but thou thyself movest alone : who can be a companion of thy course ? The oaks of the mountain fall ; the mountains themselves decay with years ; the ocean shrinks, and grows again ; the... | |
 | 1803 - 308 pagina’s
...themselves in the " sky : The moon, cold and pale, sinks in the wesvl tern wave, but thou thyself movest alone : Who '• can be a companion of thy course ? The oaks of i; the mountain fall ; the mountains themselves decay " with years ; the ocean shrinks, and grows again... | |
 | Malcolm Laing - 1804 - 556 pagina’s
...Ossian's sphere of observation, as the earthquakes that " shake green Erin " from side to side." — " The ocean shrinks and grows *' again ; the moon herself is lost in heaven i but thou art for " ever the same ; rejoicing in the strength of thy course. " But to Ossian thou... | |
 | Malcolm Laing - 1804 - 558 pagina’s
...everlasting, could have no conception of its creation, nor a suspicion from whence it proceeded. " The oaks of the mountains fall ; the " mountains themselves decay with years," is a philosophical or scriptural allusion, as remote from Ossian's sphere of observation, as the earthquakes... | |
 | James Macpherson, Archibald M'Donald - 1805 - 308 pagina’s
...who can be a companion in thy " course! the oaks of the mountains fall: the mountains theui" selves decay with years; the ocean shrinks and grows again...herself is lost in heaven; but thou art for ever the *' find, that he, like all other translators, has " omitted several particularising circumstances "... | |
 | Ossian - 1805 - 648 pagina’s
...from the clouds, and laughest'at the storm." But the variations of imagery require also a comment. " The oaks of the mountains fall; the mountains themselves decay with years ;" is a scriptural alteration of Fingal, iii. ". " The oaks resound on their mountains, and the rocks... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1807 - 336 pagina’s
...themselves in the sky : The moon, cold and pale, sinks in the western wave, but thou thyself movest alone : who can be a companion of thy course ? The oaks of the mountain fall ; the mountains themselves decay with years ; the ocean shrinks, and grows again ; the... | |
 | Increase Cooke - 1811 - 428 pagina’s
...themselves in the sk)-; the moon, cold and pale, sinks in the western wave. But thou thyself movest above ; who can be a companion of thy course ? The oaks of...fall; the mountains themselves decay with years ; the t>cean shrinks and grows again; the moon herself is lost in the heavens ; but thou art for ever the*same,... | |
 | Thomas Hogg - 1811 - 120 pagina’s
...hide themselves in the sky ; the moon, cold and pale, sinks in the western teave ;— the oaktqfthe mountains fall : the mountains themselves decay with...shrinks and grows again: the moon herself is lost in the heavens : b»t thou art for ever the same.-—f^hen the world is dark with tempests; when thunder... | |
 | 1813 - 716 pagina’s
...hide themselves in the sky. The moon cold and pale sinks in the western wave; but thou thyself movest alone- Who can be a companion of thy course? The oaks of the mountains fall; the mountains themselv> s decay with years. The ocean shrinks and grows again — the Moon herself is lost in heaven;... | |
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