Der Stil des Macphersonschen OssianMayer & Müller, 1904 - 82 pages |
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... blast . when the feeble sons of the wind come forth , and , scarcely seen , pass over the desert ? S. 278 . Daughter of heaven , fair art thou ! the silence of thy face is pleasant . Thou comest forth in loveliness : the stars 10.
... blast . when the feeble sons of the wind come forth , and , scarcely seen , pass over the desert ? S. 278 . Daughter of heaven , fair art thou ! the silence of thy face is pleasant . Thou comest forth in loveliness : the stars 10.
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... stars attend thy blue course in the east . The clouds rejoice in thy presence , O moon ! They brighten their dark - brown sides . Who is like thee in heaven , light of the silent night ? The stars are ashamed in thy presence . They turn ...
... stars attend thy blue course in the east . The clouds rejoice in thy presence , O moon ! They brighten their dark - brown sides . Who is like thee in heaven , light of the silent night ? The stars are ashamed in thy presence . They turn ...
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... Star of the falling night ! fair is thy light in the west ! II , 209. Der Dichter feuert sich an , indem er den vor seinem visionär erregten Geiste aufsteigenden Helden oder die Harfe und die Geliebte sehn- süchtig anruft : Father of ...
... Star of the falling night ! fair is thy light in the west ! II , 209. Der Dichter feuert sich an , indem er den vor seinem visionär erregten Geiste aufsteigenden Helden oder die Harfe und die Geliebte sehn- süchtig anruft : Father of ...
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... stars of the north arise over the rolling of the waves of Ullin II , 73. The blue waves of Ullin roll in light . The green hills are covered with day . Trees shake their dusky heads in the breeze . Gray torrents pour their noisy streams ...
... stars of the north arise over the rolling of the waves of Ullin II , 73. The blue waves of Ullin roll in light . The green hills are covered with day . Trees shake their dusky heads in the breeze . Gray torrents pour their noisy streams ...
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Walther Drechsler. from watching in the night ! III , 159 , 160. Star of the falling night ! fair is thy light in the west ... stars of the night appear ! II , 211 Rise , winds of autumn , rise ; blow upon the dark heath ! streams of the ...
Walther Drechsler. from watching in the night ! III , 159 , 160. Star of the falling night ! fair is thy light in the west ... stars of the night appear ! II , 211 Rise , winds of autumn , rise ; blow upon the dark heath ! streams of the ...
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Page 66 - When through the clouds he drives the trembling doves ; As from the god she flew with furious pace, Or as the god, more furious...
Page 10 - Daughter of Heaven, fair art thou ! the silence of thy face is pleasant. Thou comest forth in loveliness : the stars attend thy blue steps in the east.
Page 8 - Fingal, an Ancient Epic Poem in Six Books: Together with Several Other Poems, Composed by Ossian, the Son of Fingal. Translated from the Galic Language, by James Macpherson.
Page 24 - On a rock, whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Robed in the sable garb of woe, With haggard eyes the poet stood ; (Loose his beard and hoary hair, Stream'd like a meteor to the troubled air,) And with a master's hand and prophet's fire Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre...
Page 10 - Crugal, or find his lone steps in the heath. I am light as the blast of Cromla, and I move like the shadow of mist. Connal, son of Colgar, I see the dark cloud of death: it hovers over the plains of Lena. The sons of green Erin shall fall. Remove from the field of ghosts.
Page 28 - The Celts, with their vehement reaction against the despotism of fact, with their sensuous nature, their manifold striving, their adverse destiny, their immense calamities, the Celts are the prime authors of this vein of piercing regret and passion, — of this Titanism in poetry. A famous book, Macpherson's Ossian, carried in the last century this vein like a flood of lava through Europe.
Page 11 - DAUGHTER of heaven, fair art thou ! the silence of thy face is pleasant ! Thou comest forth in loveliness. The stars attend thy blue course in the east. The clouds rejoice in thy presence, O moon! they brighten their dark-brown sides. Who is like thee in heaven, light of the silent night? The stars are ashamed in thy presence.
Page 5 - OSSIAN. The Poems of Ossian in the Original Gaelic. With a Literal Translation into English, and a Dissertation on the Authenticity of the Poems.
Page 11 - Starno sent a dweller of Loda, to bid Fingal to the feast ; but the king remembered the past, and all his rage arose. " Nor Gormal's mossy towers, nor Starno shall Fingal behold. Deaths wander, like shadows, over his fiery soul ! Do I forget that beam of light, the white-handed daughter of -kings ? Go, son of Loda ; his words are wind to Fingal : wind, that, to and fro, drives the thistle, in autumn's dusky vale...
Page 22 - The Celt's quick feeling for what is noble and distinguished gave his poetry style ; his indomitable personality gave it pride and passion; his sensibility and nervous exaltation gave it a better gift still, the gift of rendering with wonderful felicity the magical charm of nature.