 Roll on, ye dark-brown years ; ye bring no joy on your course! Let the tomb open to Ossian, for his strength has failed. The sons of song are gone to rest. My voice remains, like a blast that roars lonely on a sea-surrounded rock, after the winds are...  The Poems of Ossian - Page 49by James Macpherson - 1803Full view - About this book
 | Hugh Blair - Literary forgeries and mystifications - 1763 - 94 pages
...tongue, and my foul has failed. I hear, fometimes, the ghofts of bards, and learn their pleafant fong. But memory fails on my mind ; I hear the call of years. They fay, as they pafs along; why does Oflian fing ? Soon mall he lie in the narrow houfe, and no bard mall... | |
 | 1765 - 520 pages
...and my foul has " failed, I hear, fometimes, the ghofts of bards, *' and learn their pleafant fong. But memory fails ** on my mind ; I hear the call of years. They *' fay, as they pafs along j Why does Oflian fing ? *' Soon (hall he lie in the narrow houfe, and no... | |
 | Ossian - 1790 - 446 pages
...tongue; my foul has failed ! I hear, at times, the ghofts of bards, and learn their pleafant fong. But memory fails on my mind. I hear the call of years ! They fay, as they pafs along, why does Offian fmg ? Soon fhall he lie in the narrow houfe, and no bard fhall... | |
 | Ossian - 1801 - 344 pages
...they pafs along, -why does Offian fing? Soon fhall he lie in the narrow houfe, and no bard fhall raife his fame! Roll on, ye dark-brown years; ye bring no joy on your courfe ! 3 o THE SONGS or SELMA. Let the tomb open to Offian, for his ftrengtk has failed. The fons... | |
 | Ossian - 1805 - 262 pages
...bards. But age. is now on my tongue, and my soul has failed. I hear, sometimes, the ghosts of bards, and learn their pleasant song. But memory fails on my...Soon shall he lie in the narrow house, and no bard shsll raise his fame. Roll on, ye daik-brown years! for ye bring no joy in your course. Let the tomb... | |
 | Ossian - 1805 - 244 pages
...their pleasant song. But memory fails in my mind : I hear the c.tll THE SONGS OF SELMA. of years. iThey say, as they pass along, why does Ossian sing ? Soon...shall raise his fame. Roll on, ye dark-brown years, for ye bring no joy on your course. Let the tomb open to Ossian, for his strength has failed. The sODg... | |
 | Ossian - 1805 - 648 pages
...bards ! But age is now on my tongue; my soul has failed ! I hear, at times, the ghosts of bards, and learn their pleasant song. But memory fails on my...They say, as they pass along, why does Ossian sing 17 ? Soon shall he lie in the narrow house, and no bard shall raise his fame ! Roll on, ye dark-brown... | |
 | Ossian - 1806 - 366 pages
...sometimes, the ghosts of ' bards, and learn their pleasant song. But memory fails ' on my mind ; 1 hear the call of years. They say, as •they pass...shall raise his ' fame. Roll on, ye dark-brown years ! for ye bring no ' joy in your course. Let the tomb open to Ossian, for ' his strength has failed.... | |
 | Ephraim Wood - Society of Friends - 1815 - 384 pages
...song ; when the king heard the music of harps, the tales of other times!" Well, if he understood— " I hear the call of years: they say, as they pass along, why does Ossian sing ? Soon shall he lay in the narrow house, and no bard shall raise his fame!" (Poems of Ossian,. the song of Selma, p.... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...bards ! But age is now on my tongue ; my soul has failed ! I hear »t limes the ïhosts of bards, and ove? * Alas ! the joys that fortune brings Are trifling,...And those who prize the paltry things More trifling o.--iait sing ? Soon shall he lie in the narrow house, and DO bard shall raise his fame 1 Roll on,... | |
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