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" Caledonians. of descending night! fair is thy light in the west ! thou liftest thy unshorn head from thy cloud : thy steps are stately on thy hill. What dost thou behold in the plain ? The stormy winds are laid. The murmur of the torrent comes from afar.... "
The Poems of Ossian - Page 409
1896 - 417 pages
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The Works of Ossian, the Son of Fingal

Bards and bardism - 1765 - 416 pages
...from thy cloud : thy fteps are ftately on thy hill. What deft thou behold in the plain ? The ftormy winds are laid; The murmur of the torrent comes from afar. Roaring waves climb the diftant rock. The flies of evening are on * This poem fixes the antiquity of a cuflom, which is well...
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The poems of Ossian, tr. by J. Macpherson, Volume 1

Ossian - 1790 - 446 pages
...from thy cloud : thy fteps are ftately on thy hill. What doft thou behold in the plain ,? The ftormy winds are laid. The murmur of the torrent comes from afar. Roaring waves climb the diftant rock. The flies of evening are on their feeble wings ; the hum of their courfe is on the field....
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The Poems of Ossian, the Son of Fingal, Volume 1

1799 - 252 pages
...from thy cloud : thy fteps are ftately on thy hill. What doft thou behold in the plain ? The ftcrmy winds are laid. The murmur of the torrent comes from afar. Roaring waves climb the diftant rock. The flies of evening are on their feeble wings, and the hum of their courfe is on the...
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The poems of Ossian, &c. containing the poetical works of J ..., Volume 1

Ossian - 1805 - 648 pages
...annual custom established by the monarchs of the ancient Caledonians. MAC THE SONGS OF SELMA. STAR of descending night ! fair is thy light in the west...head from thy cloud * : thy steps are stately on thy 1 Star of descending night ! fair is thy light in the nest.] From Per. Lost, v. 166'. Fairest of stars...
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The poems of Ossian, tr. by J. Macpherson. To which are prefixed ..., Volume 2

Ossian - 1805 - 244 pages
...with ail tliat tranquillity and iuftlieas, which the eieae described naturally inspires. SrAR of the descending night ! fair is thy light in the west ! thou liftest thy unshorn hend from thy cloud ; thy steps are stately on thy hill. What dost thou behold in the plain ? The stormy...
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Domestic, Literary, and Village Sketches: Addressed to the Young of Our ...

Domestic, literary and village sketches - Great Britain - 1823 - 168 pages
...Are these his groans on the wind ?" Now touch we the harp again, and address the evening star. " Star of descending night ! fair is thy light in the west...laid. The murmur of the torrent comes from afar."* " I behold my departed friends. Their gathering is on Lora, as in the days of other years. Fingal comes...
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The Bridal Night; The First Poet; and Other Poems

Dugald Moore - Scottish poetry - 1831 - 276 pages
...lifeless haze each icy summit shrouds, And huge Ben-Cruachan is hid in clouds. SUMMER EVENING SHOWER Star of descending night ! fair Is thy light in the west...unshorn head from thy cloud ; thy steps are stately on the hill. OSSIAH. THE playful breeze is dancing through the dell, Breaking the azure crystal of the...
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Family Magazine: Or Monthly Abstract of General Knowledge, Volume 1

1834 - 438 pages
...fire . Intenser forth and higher. PEKCIVAL MISCELLANY. OSSIAN'S ADDRESS то THE Evcnine STAR. Star of descending night ! fair is thy light in the west...liftest thy unshorn head from thy cloud : thy steps лге stately on thy hill. What dost thou behold in the plain ? The stormy winds are laid. The murmur...
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Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and ..., Volume 2

Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...blue eves rolled on him in secret ; and she blest the chief" of Morven. [The Songi of Selma.] Star change was here, Yet ghastly. For, as fast years flow away, The smooth brow gathers, and thé wave« climb the distant rock. The flics of evening are on their feeble wings ; the hum of their course...
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Cyclopedia of English Literature: a Selection of the Choicest ..., Volume 2

Robert Chambers - English literature - 1851 - 764 pages
...Her blue eyes rolled on him in secret ; and she blest the chief of Morrea. [The Songt of Selma.] Star he frowned ; Yet he was kind ; or, if severe in aught,...declared how much he knew; Twas certain ho could write I The stormy winds are laid. The murmur of the torrent comes from afar. Roaring waves climb the distant...
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