 He sleeps in the mild beams of the sun; he awakes amidst a storm ; the red lightning flies around : trees shake their heads to the wind ! He looks back with joy, on the day of the sun ; and the pleasant dreams of his rest...  The Poems of Ossian - Page 31by James Macpherson - 1803Full view - About this book
 | Scottish Gaelic poetry - 1779 - 250 pages
...we shall fing on the winds of the rock. THE WAR of INIS-THONA : A POEM. WARoflNIS-THONA*; A POEM. UR youth Is like the dream of the hunter on the hill of heath. He fleeps in the mild beams of the fun ; but he awakes ainidft a ftorm : the red lightning flies around... | |
 | Ossian - 1790 - 446 pages
...death, and returns in triumph to Selma, A foliloquy by the poet himfelf, THE t WAR of INIS-THONA OE OUR youth is like the dream of the hunter on the hill of heath. He fleeps in the mild beams of the fun ; he awakes amidft a ftorm ; the red lightning flies around : trees... | |
 | Ossian - 1805 - 262 pages
...Iniithona was an island uf Scandinavia, sublect to its own king, but depending opon the kingdom of Lochlin. OUR. youth is like the dream of the hunter on the...hill of heath. He sleeps in the mild beams of the sun ; but lie awakes amidst a storm, the red lightning flies around : and the trees shake their heads to... | |
 | Ossian - 1805 - 648 pages
...Selma. Oscar obtains leave to go to Inis-thona, an island of Scandinavia. The mournful story of Argon and Ruro, the two sons of the king of Inis-thona....Oscar revenges their death, and returns in triumph to Sehua. A soliloquy by the poet himself. MACPHERSON. THE WAR OF INIS-THONA: A POEM. OUR youth is like... | |
 | Regina Maria Roche - Gothic literature - 1810 - 356 pages
...the expression that prefaced them, she had reason to believe herself deeply interested. CHAP. XIV. Our youth is like the dream of the hunter on the hill...of heath; he sleeps in the mild beams of the sun; but he awakes amidst a storm; the red lightning flies around; and the trees shake their heads to the... | |
 | 1829 - 606 pages
...hopes ; but — 'thereby hangs a talc.' ' The days of our youth are like the sleep of the hunter upon the hill of heath. He sleeps in the mild beams of the sun, but he awakes amid a storm. The red lightning flies^around — the trees shake their heads to the wind.... | |
 | Ossian - 1845 - 546 pages
...Osear revengei their death, and returns in triumph to Selma. A soli loquy by the Poet himself. Ona youth is like the dream of the hunter on the hill...around : trees shake their heads to the wind ! He looks hack with joy on the day of the sun ; and the pleasant dreams of his rest ! When shall Ossian's youth... | |
 | 1907 - 516 pages
...mud. Ei gwynion ar ol ei ieuenctid yw rhai o ddarnau prydferthaf Ossian. Dywed yn un ohonynt : — " Our youth is like the dream of the hunter on the hill...the red lightning flies around : trees shake their haads to the wind ! He looks back with joy on the day of the sun, and the pleasant dreams of his rest.... | |
 | Edward Isidore Sears, David Allyn Gorton, Charles H. Woodman - Periodicals - 1880 - 1104 pages
...waves come with joy around thee ; they bathe thy lovely hair. Farewell, thou silent beam ! "* Also, " Our youth is like the dream of the hunter on the hill...shake their heads to the wind ! He looks back with joy to the day of the sun, and the pleasant dreams of his rest."f Oitkon» is such an excellent representative... | |
 | 1901 - 452 pages
...shun thee, thou gloomy in the hall!" A tale of the times of old ! THE WAR OF INIS-THONA A POEM. UR youth is like the dream of the hunter on the hill of health. He sleeps in the mild beams of the sun; he awakes amidst a storm ; the red lightning flies... | |
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