He lifted high his shadowy spear! He bent forward his dreadful height. Fingal, advancing, drew his sword; the blade of dark-brown Luno.* The gleaming path of the steel winds through the gloomy ghost. The form fell shapeless into air, like a column of... The Poems of Ossian - Page 2491803Full view - About this book
| Natham Drake - English literature - 1800 - 510 pages
...advancing, drew his sworu ; the blade of dark-brown Luno. The gleaming path of the steel winds thro1 the gloomy ghost. The form fell shapeless into air,...shrieked, as, rolled into himself, he rose on the wind. Inistere shook at the sound. The waves heard it on the deep. They stopped, in their course, with fear."*... | |
| Ossian - 1805 - 244 pages
...his «vord; the blade of dark-brown Luno '. The gleaming path of the steel winds through the ploomy ghost. The form fell shapeless into air, like a column...the staff of the boy disturbs, as it rises from the half-estinguished furnace. The spirit of Loda shrieked, as, rolled into himself, he rose on the wind.... | |
| Ossian - 1805 - 648 pages
...Macbeth, v. 7. As easy mayst thou the intrenchant air With thy keen sword impress, as make me bleed. Or, " The form fell shapeless into air, like a column of...which the staff" of the boy disturbs as it rises," &c. But " the form fell shapeless," was suggested by the context in Milton, ?W. 351. which the staff... | |
| Ossian - 1806 - 366 pages
...advancing, drew his sword; the blade of dark-brown Luno.* The gleaming path of the steel winds through the gloomy ghost. The form fell shapeless into air,...stopped, in their course, with fear: the friends of Fingal started, at once; and took their heavy spears. They missed the king; they rose in rage; all... | |
| Ann Doherty - 1812 - 414 pages
...advancing, drew his sword, the blade of dark brown LUIIO. The gleaming path of the steel nind» through the gloomy ghost. The form fell shapeless into air,...boy disturbs, as it rises from the half-extinguished furna'e.'1 Oman. THUS the days passed on in calm and placid delight. Dunthalmo daily grew better, and... | |
| John Hughes - Druids and druidism - 1818 - 378 pages
...advancing, drew his sword. the blade of dark-brown Luno. The gleaming path of the steel winds through the gloomy ghost. The form fell shapeless into air,...stopped, in their course, with fear : the friends of Fin gal started at once, and took their heavy spears. They missed the king; they rose in rage ; all... | |
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