 I have seen the walls of Balclutha, but they were desolate. The fire had resounded in the halls: and the voice of the people is heard no more. The stream of Clutha was removed from its place, by the fall of the walls. The thistle shook there its lonely...  The poems of Ossian, tr. by J. Macpherson - Page 68by Ossian - 1790Full view - About this book
 | English literature - 1763 - 784 pages
...from its place by the fall of the walls. The thiftle fliook there its lonely head: the mois whittled to the wind. The fox looked out from the windows : the rank grafs of the wall waved around his head. Defolate i. the dwelling of Moina : filence is in the houfe of her lathers." Carthon... | |
 | Hugh Blair - Literary forgeries and mystifications - 1763 - 94 pages
...its " place by the fall of the walls. The thiltle fhook there its lonely " head: The mofs whittled to the wind. The fox looked out " from the windows; the rank grafs of the wall waved round " his head. Defolate is the dwelling of Moina; filence is in " the houfe of her fathers." Nothing alfo... | |
 | 1765 - 520 pages
...more. " The ftream of Ckuha was removed from its " place by the fall of the walls. The thiftle " fhook there its lonely head : The mofs whiftled " to the...windows •, the rank grafs of the wall waved " round his head. Defolate is the dwelling of ** Moina ; filence is in the houfe of her fathers." Nothing alfo... | |
 | Poetry - 1773 - 466 pages
...more. " The ftream of Clutha was removed from its " place by the fall of the walls. The thiftle " fhook there its lonely head : The mofs whiftled " to the...windows; the rank grafs of the wall waved " round his head. Defolate is the dwelling of " Moina; filence is in the houfe of her fathers." Nothing alfo... | |
 | Poetry - 1773 - 432 pages
...wind. The fox looked out, from the windows, |he rank grafs of the wall waved round its head* Defplate is the dwelling of Moina, filence is in the houfe of her fathers. Raifc the fong pf mourning, O bards, over the land of grangers. TK«y have but fallen before us : for,... | |
 | Scottish Gaelic poetry - 1783 - 282 pages
...from its « place by the fall of the walls. The thiftle » shook there its lonely head. The rr.ofs whiftled » to the wind. The fox looked out from the...windows. The rank grafs of the wall waved » round his head. Defolate is the dwelling of » Moina ; filence is in the houfe of her fathers ». Nothing... | |
 | Celts - 1784 - 432 pages
...more. The ftream of Cluthawas removed from its place, by the fall of the walls. The thiftle fhook, there, its lonely head: the mofs whiftled to the wind....is in the houfe of her fathers. Raife the fong of mourn* ing, O bards! over the land of ftrangers. They have but fallen before us : for, one day, we... | |
 | Scottish Gaelic poetry - 1790 - 322 pages
...more. The ftream of Clutha was removed from its plase, by the fall of the walls. The thiftle fhook,. there, its lonely head : the mofs whiftled to the...of her fathers. Raife the fong of mourning, O bards P over the land of ftrangers.. They have. but fallen before us : forj one day, we muft fall. Why doft... | |
 | William Belsham - Great Britain - 1793 - 396 pages
...no more. The ftream of Clutha was removed from its place by the fall of the walls. The thiftle fhook there its lonely head ; the mofs whiftled to the wind....the windows ; the rank grafs of the wall waved round his head. Defolate is the dwelling of Moina ; filence is in the houfe of her fathers." In April 1736,... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 446 pages
...from its place by the fall of the walls. The thiftle Ihook, there, its lonely head: the mofa whillled to the wind. The fox looked out from the windows ; the rank grafs of the wall waved round his head. Defolate is the dwelling of Moina : filence is in the houfe of her fathers. Raiie the fong... | |
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