 His words reached the heart of Clessammor: he fell, in silence, on his son. The host stood darkened around: no voice is on the plain. Night came, the moon, from the east, looked on the mournful field: but still they stood, like a silent grove that lifts...  The poems of Ossian, tr. by J. Macpherson - Page 79by Ossian - 1790Full view - About this book
 | Bards and bardism - 1765 - 416 pages
...on the mournful field : but ftill they {tood, like a filent grove that lifts its head 03 jpformal, when the loud winds are laid, and dark autumn is on the plain. THREE days they mourned over Carthon ; on the fourth his father died. In the narrow plain fif the rpck they lie ; and a dim... | |
 | Poetry - 1773 - 432 pages
...: but ftill they flood, like a filent grove that lifts its head on Gormal, when the loud winds arc laid, and dark autumn is on the plain. THREE days...fun-beam darts on the rock, and all around is dark. There fhe is fcen, Malvina, but but not like the daughters of the hill. Heir robes are from the Granger's... | |
 | Scottish Gaelic poetry - 1783 - 274 pages
...Night came , and the moon , from the eaft , looked on the mournful field :' but flill they ftood , like a filent grove that lifts its head on Gormal...dark autumn is on the plain. Three days they mourned over Carthon ; on the fourth his rather died. In the narrow plain of the rock they lie ; and a dim... | |
 | Celts - 1784 - 432 pages
...the plain. Night came, the moon, from the eaft, looked on the mournful field : but ftill they ftood, like a filent grove that lifts its head on Gormal,...There lovely Moina is often feen ; when the fun-beam darts•on the rock, and all around is dark. There .(he is feen, Malviha•! but not like the daughters... | |
 | Scottish Gaelic poetry - 1790 - 322 pages
...the plain. Night came, the moon, from the eaft, looked on the mournful field : but ftill they ftood, like a filent grove that lifts its head on Gormal,...on the fourth his father died. In the narrow plain VOL. I. E of * In the north of Scotland, till very lately, they hnrnt a large trunk of an oak at their... | |
 | 1799 - 252 pages
...looked on the mournful field: but ftill they ftootl, like a Clent grove that lifts its head on Gormai, when the loud winds are laid, and dark autumn is on the plain. Three days they mourned over Carthon: on the fourth his father died. In the narrow plain of the rock they lie ; and a dim gj»ft... | |
 | 1801 - 326 pages
...eaft , looked on the mournful field : but Mill they flood, like a filent grove that lifts its head oa Gormal , when the loud winds are laid, and dark autumn...ghoft defends their tomb. There lovely Moina is often Teen ; whea the fun-beam darts on the rock , and all around is dark. There The is feen, Malvina ! but... | |
 | Bards and bardism - 1803 - 350 pages
...Night came, the moon, from the east, looked on the mournful field : but still they stood, like a silent grove that lifts its head on Gormal, when the loud...died. In the narrow plain of the rock they lie; a dim ghost defends their tomb. There lovely Moina is often seen ; when the sun-beam darts on the rock, and... | |
 | Ossian - 1805 - 648 pages
...Night came, the moon, from the east, looked on the mournful field ; but still they stood, like a silent grove that lifts its head on Gormal, when the loud...died. In the narrow plain of the rock they lie ; a dim ghost defends their tomb. There lovely Moina is often seen ; when the sun-beam darts on the rock, and... | |
 | James Macpherson - Scottish Gaelic poetry - 1805 - 336 pages
...; but still they stood, like a silent grove that lifts its head on Gormal, when the loud winds arc laid, and dark autumn is on the plain. Three days...died. In the narrow plain of the rock they lie ; a dim ghost defends their tomb. There lovely Moina is often seen ; when the sun-beam darts on the rock, and... | |
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