| 1803 - 352 Seiten
...the description of the young prince Cormac, in the same book; and the ruins of Balclutha in Cartho. " 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... | |
| Malcolm Laing - 1804 - 556 Seiten
...and the " world is silent and dark." Fingal's descr^tion of the fallen Balclutha is truly poetical. " I have seen the• walls " of Balclutha, but they were desolate. The stream of " Clutha was removed from its place by the fall of the " walls. The thistle shook there its... | |
| Ossian - 1805 - 262 Seiten
...description of the young prince Cormac, in the same book ; and the ruins of Balclutha in Carthon. " 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 " ot'Clutha... | |
| Ossian - 1806 - 366 Seiten
...that she may rest with the fair of Morven, the sun-beams of other days, the delight of heroes of old. 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... | |
| Thomas Love Peacock - 1806 - 168 Seiten
...she may rest with the fair of MORVEN, the sun-beams of other days, and the delight of heroes of old. I have seen the walls of BALCLUTHA, but they were desolate. The fire had resounded in the halls : the voice of the people was heard no more. The stream of CLUTHA was... | |
| Hugh Blair - 1807 - 402 Seiten
...people is now heard no more. The stream of Clutha was removed from its place, by the fall of the walls ; the thistle shook there its lonely head ; the moss whistled to the wind. The fox looked out at the window ; the rank grass weaved round his head. Desolate is the dwelling of Moina. Silence is... | |
| Edward Montague - 1807 - 232 Seiten
...which had fallen was almost hid by the long •waving grass. Solitary and deserted was the spot; (( the thistle shook there its lonely head, the moss whistled to the wind." As he was examining the place he found a flight of rough steps which appeared to lead to some place... | |
| Hugh Blair - 1808 - 330 Seiten
...strong colours, and is remarkable for touching the heart. He thus pourtrays the ruins of Balclutha : " I have seen the walls " of Balclutha ; but they were desolate. The fire <! had resounded within the halls ; and the voice of " the people is now heard no more. The stream... | |
| Hugh Blair - 1813 - 296 Seiten
...people is now heard no more. The stream of Clutha was removed from its plaee by the fall of the walls; the thistle shook there its lonely head : the moss whistled to the wind. The fox looked out of the window ; the rank grass waved round his head. Desolate is the dwelling of Moina ; silenee is... | |
| John Chetwode Eustace - 1813 - 720 Seiten
...disappeared in the rubbish. 'J'his scene of desolation reminded me of Ossian's beautiful description. " The thistle shook there its lonely head ; the moss whistled to the gale ; the fox looked out from the windows, the rank grass waved round his head," and almost seemed... | |
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