The Poems of Ossian: To which are Prefixed a Preliminary Discourse and Dissertation on the Aera and Poems of OssianCrosby, 1862 - 492 pages |
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Page 42
... wind , A homely mansion rose , of antique form , For ages batter'd by the polar storm . To this , fierce Sigurd fled ... winds . Her radiant eyes Like two bright stars , exulting as they rise , O'er the dark tumult of a stormy night ...
... wind , A homely mansion rose , of antique form , For ages batter'd by the polar storm . To this , fierce Sigurd fled ... winds . Her radiant eyes Like two bright stars , exulting as they rise , O'er the dark tumult of a stormy night ...
Page 127
... wind ; and faint light gleams over the heath . The ghosts of Ardven pass through the beam , and show their dim and distant forms . Comala is half unseen on her meteor ; and Hidallan is sullen and dim . " - " The awful faces of other ...
... wind ; and faint light gleams over the heath . The ghosts of Ardven pass through the beam , and show their dim and distant forms . Comala is half unseen on her meteor ; and Hidallan is sullen and dim . " - " The awful faces of other ...
Page 160
... winds on Morven ; as the streams of a hundred hills ; as clouds fly successive over heaven ; or as the dark ocean ... wind . " Never was an image of more awful sublimity employed to heighten the ter ror of battle . Both poets compare ...
... winds on Morven ; as the streams of a hundred hills ; as clouds fly successive over heaven ; or as the dark ocean ... wind . " Never was an image of more awful sublimity employed to heighten the ter ror of battle . Both poets compare ...
Page 161
... wind ; black as pitch it appears from afar sailing over the ocean , and carrying the dreadful storm . He shrinks at the sight , and drives his flock into the cave : such , under the Ajaces , moved on the dark , the thickened phalanx to ...
... wind ; black as pitch it appears from afar sailing over the ocean , and carrying the dreadful storm . He shrinks at the sight , and drives his flock into the cave : such , under the Ajaces , moved on the dark , the thickened phalanx to ...
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... wind of the mountains . " Or that which Ossian applies to himself : " I , like an ancient oak in Morven , moulder alone in my place ; the blast hath lopped my branches away ; and I tremble at the winds of the north . " As Homer exalts ...
... wind of the mountains . " Or that which Ossian applies to himself : " I , like an ancient oak in Morven , moulder alone in my place ; the blast hath lopped my branches away ; and I tremble at the winds of the north . " As Homer exalts ...
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