 He lifted high his shadowy spear! He bent forward his dreadful height. Fingal, advancing, drew his sword; the blade of darkbrown Luno. The gleaming path of the steel winds through the gloomy ghost. The form fell shapeless into air...  The Poems of Ossian - Page 651812Full 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... | |
 | Ann Doherty - 1812 - 414 pages
...Fingal, 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...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 Pierpont - Recitations - 1823 - 492 pages
...bent forward his terrible height. But the king, advancing, drew his sword ; the blade of dark-brown Luno. The gleaming path of the steel winds through...shrieked, as, rolled into himself, he rose 'on the wind. Inislore shook at the sound. The waves heard it on the deep : they stopped, in their course, with fear... | |
 | William Grant Stewart - Fairies - 1823 - 324 pages
...Christenings .... . 263 Weddings 268 Wakes .... . . 281 Funerals 281 THE HIGHLAND SUPERSTITIONS. PART I. The gleaming path of the steel winds through the gloomy...air, like a column of smoke which the staff of the hoy disturbs as it rises from the half-extinguished furnace." OSSIAN. THE HIGHLAND SUPERSTITIONS. CHAP.... | |
 | Edward Davies - Celtic poetry - 1825 - 356 pages
...return to our unfortunate ghost.---" Fingal, advancing, drew " his sword : the blade of the dark-brown Luno. " The gleaming path of the steel winds through..." gloomy ghost. The form fell shapeless into air." Our great poet, Milton, boasted of originality : but here we find him stripped of what was supposed... | |
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