 I have seen the walls of Balclutha, but they were desolate. The fire had resounded in the halls: and the voice of the people is heard no more. The stream of Clutha was removed from its place, by the fall of the walls. The thistle shook there its lonely...  The poems of Ossian, tr. by J. Macpherson - Pagina 68door Ossian - 1790Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1763 - 784 pagina’s
...from its place by the fall of the walls. The thiftle fliook there its lonely head: the mois whittled to the wind. The fox looked out from the windows : the rank grafs of the wall waved around his head. Defolate i. the dwelling of Moina : filence is in the houfe of her lathers." Carthon... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1763 - 94 pagina’s
...its " place by the fall of the walls. The thiltle fhook there its lonely " head: The mofs whittled to the wind. The fox looked out " from the windows; the rank grafs of the wall waved round " his head. Defolate is the dwelling of Moina; filence is in " the houfe of her fathers." Nothing alfo... | |
 | 1765 - 520 pagina’s
...more. " The ftream of Ckuha was removed from its " place by the fall of the walls. The thiftle " fhook there its lonely head : The mofs whiftled " to the...windows •, the rank grafs of the wall waved " round his head. Defolate is the dwelling of ** Moina ; filence is in the houfe of her fathers." Nothing alfo... | |
 | 1773 - 466 pagina’s
...more. " The ftream of Clutha was removed from its " place by the fall of the walls. The thiftle " fhook there its lonely head : The mofs whiftled " to the...windows; the rank grafs of the wall waved " round his head. Defolate is the dwelling of " Moina; filence is in the houfe of her fathers." Nothing alfo... | |
 | 1773 - 432 pagina’s
...wind. The fox looked out, from the windows, |he rank grafs of the wall waved round its head* Defplate is the dwelling of Moina, filence is in the houfe of her fathers. Raifc the fong pf mourning, O bards, over the land of grangers. TK«y have but fallen before us : for,... | |
 | 1783 - 282 pagina’s
...from its « place by the fall of the walls. The thiftle » shook there its lonely head. The rr.ofs whiftled » to the wind. The fox looked out from the...windows. The rank grafs of the wall waved » round his head. Defolate is the dwelling of » Moina ; filence is in the houfe of her fathers ». Nothing... | |
 | 1784 - 432 pagina’s
...more. The ftream of Cluthawas removed from its place, by the fall of the walls. The thiftle fhook, there, its lonely head: the mofs whiftled to the wind....is in the houfe of her fathers. Raife the fong of mourn* ing, O bards! over the land of ftrangers. They have but fallen before us : for, one day, we... | |
 | 1790 - 322 pagina’s
...more. The ftream of Clutha was removed from its plase, by the fall of the walls. The thiftle fhook,. there, its lonely head : the mofs whiftled to the...of her fathers. Raife the fong of mourning, O bards P over the land of ftrangers.. They have. but fallen before us : forj one day, we muft fall. Why doft... | |
 | William Belsham - 1793 - 396 pagina’s
...no more. The ftream of Clutha was removed from its place by the fall of the walls. The thiftle fhook there its lonely head ; the mofs whiftled to the wind....the windows ; the rank grafs of the wall waved round his head. Defolate is the dwelling of Moina ; filence is in the houfe of her fathers." In April 1736,... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 446 pagina’s
...from its place by the fall of the walls. The thiftle Ihook, there, its lonely head: the mofa whillled to the wind. The fox looked out from the windows ; the rank grafs of the wall waved round his head. Defolate is the dwelling of Moina : filence is in the houfe of her fathers. Raiie the fong... | |
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