 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 - Page 3731773Full view - About this book
 | English literature - 1763 - 784 pages
...fire had relbunded in the halls-; and the voice of the people is heard nomoie. The ftream of Clutlia was removed 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 :... | |
 | Hugh Blair - Literary forgeries and mystifications - 1763 - 94 pages
...The (c fire had refounded in the halls; and the voice of the people is cc heard no more. The dream of Clutha was removed from 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... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1772 - 398 pages
...flames had refounded in the halls: and the voice of the people is heard no more. The ftream of Cluiha was removed from its place by the fall of the walls. The thiftle fhook there its lonely head : the mofa whidled to the wind. The fox looked out from the windows: and (he rank grafs of the wall waved... | |
 | Scottish Gaelic poetry - 1783 - 282 pages
...defolate. The fire had refounded in the halls ; « and the voice of the people is heard no more. r, The ftream of Clutha was removed 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 »... | |
 | Scottish Gaelic poetry - 1783 - 274 pages
...defolate. The firehad refounded in the halls : aqd the voice of the people is heard no more. The fttcam of Clutha was removed from its place, by the fall of the walls. — The thiftle shook, there, its lonely head : the mofs whiftled to the wind. The fox looked out, from the windows;... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1788 - 590 pages
...fhake themfelves to pieces. I have feen the walls of Balclutha, but they were deful.it i- . The flames had refounded in the halls ; and the voice of the...from its place by the fall of the walls. The thiftle fhopk there its lonely head : the mofs whiltled to the wind. The fox looked out from the windows :... | |
 | Ossian - 1790 - 446 pages
...fire had refounded in the halls : and the voice of the people is heard no more. The ftream of Glutha was removed from its place, by the fall of the walls. The thiftle ihook, there, its lonely head : the mofs whiftled to the wind. The fox looked out from the windows,... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 446 pages
...defulate. The fire had refounded in the halls ; and the voice of the people is heard no more. The ilream of Clutha was removed 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 ;... | |
 | 1799 - 252 pages
...they were defolate. The fire had refnumled w the halls: and the voice of the people is heard no mere. The ftream of Clutha was removed from its place, by the fall of the walls. The thiftle (hook, there, its lonely head; the mofs whittled to the wind. The fox looked ™t from the window?,... | |
 | Literature, Modern - 1799 - 614 pages
...refounded in the halls, but the voice of the people is heard no more. J \ more. The nrearn of Ckitha was removed from its place by the fall of the walls. The thiitle (book there its lonely he;<d ; the mofi whittled to the wind. The fox locked out from the windows... | |
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