 Narrow is thy dwelling now! dark the place of thine abode! With three steps I compass thy grave, O thou who wast so great before. Four stones, with their heads of moss, are the only memorial of thee. A tree with scarce a leaf, long grass which whistles...  The Poems of Ossian - Page 2111784 - 404 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Dodsley - English essays - 1761 - 378 pages
...War, how peacefull was thy Brow ! Thy Face was like the Sun after rain ; like the Moon in the Silence of Night ; calm as the Breaft of the Lake when the...Dwelling now ; dark the Place of thine Abode. With three Steps I compafs thy Grave, O thou who waft fo great before ! Four Stones with their Heads of Mofs are... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - 1761 - 380 pages
...was thy Brow ! Thy Face was like the Sun after rain ; like the Moon in the Silence of Night; cairn as the Breaft of the Lake when the loud Wind is laid....Dwelling now ; dark the Place of thine Abode. With three Steps I compafs thy Grave, O thou who waft fo great before ! Four Stones with their Heads of Mofs are... | |
 | Bards and bardism - 1765 - 416 pages
...confumed in the flames of thy wrath. BUT when thou didft return from war, how peaceful was thy. brow ! Thy face was like the fun after rain ; like the moon...dwelling now ; dark the place of thine abode. With thi'ee fteps I compafs thy grave, O thou who waft fo great before ! Four Hones, with their heads of... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - English essays - 1771 - 386 pages
...War, how peaceful was thy Brow ! Thy Face was like the Sun after Rain ; like the Moon in the Silence of Night ; calm as the Breaft of the Lake when the...Wind is laid. Narrow is thy Dwelling now; dark the PJace of thine Abode. With three Steps I compafs thy Grave, O thou who waft fo great before ! Four... | |
 | Scottish Gaelic poetry - 1783 - 274 pages
...war, how peaceful was thy brow ! Thy face was like the furi after rain ; like the moon in the Clence of night ; calm as the breaft" of the lake when; the loud wind is laid. Narrow ,is thy dwelling novf ; dark thV place of thine abode. Witt three fteps I tompafs thy grave, O thou who wart fo great... | |
 | History - 1789 - 560 pages
...contumed in the flames of thy wrath. But when thou returncdft from war, how peaceful v.-as thy brow ! Thy face was like the fun after rain ; like the moon in the fijence of the night; calm as the breaft of the lake when the loud wind is laid. Narrow is thy dwelling... | |
 | 1799 - 252 pages
...confumed in the flames of thy wrath. But when thou didft return from war, how peaceful was thy brow { Thy face was like the fun after rain: like the moon...dark the place of thine abode. With three fteps I coinpafs thy grave, O thou who waft fo great before ! Four Hones, with their heads of mofs, are the... | |
 | Eulogies - 1800 - 336 pages
...confumed in the flames of his wrath ! But when he returned from the war, 'how peaceful was his brow ! His face was like the fun after rain ; like the moon in the filence of the night ; calm as the breaft of the lake, when the loud wind is laid ! Once more called from his... | |
 | Ossian - 1801 - 344 pages
...confumed in the flames of the wrath. But when thou didft return from war, howpeaceful was thy brow! Thy face was like the fun after rain; like the moon...the breaft of the lake when the loud wind is laid. THE SONGS or SELMA. 83 Narrow is thy dwelling now! dark the place of thine abode! With three fieps... | |
 | Ossian - 1805 - 244 pages
...'. Thy face was like the sun after rain ! like the moon in the silence of night ; calm as the breast of the lake when the loud wind is laid. Narrow is....dwelling now ; dark the place of thine abode. With three steps I compass thy grave, O thou who wast so great before ! Four stones, with their heads of moss,... | |
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