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" O bards! over the land of strangers. They have but fallen before us: for, one day, we must fall. Why dost thou build the hall, son of the winged days? Thou lookest from thy towers to-day; yet a few years, and the blast of the desert comes; it howls in... "
The Poems of Ossian: To which are Prefixed a Preliminary Discourse and ... - Page 225
1850 - 492 pages
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The Works of Ossian, the Son of Fingal, Volume 2

Scottish Gaelic poetry - 1783 - 274 pages
...howls in thy empty court, and whiftles round thy half-worn shield. — And let the blaft of the defart come ! we shall be renowned in our day. The mark of my arm shall be in {he battle, and my name in the fong of bards. — Raife the long ; fend round the shell : and let joybe...
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The poems of Ossian, tr. by J. Macpherson. To which are prefixed ..., Volume 2

Ossian - 1805 - 244 pages
...howls on thy empty coort, and whistles round thy half-worn shield. And let the blast of the desart come ! we shall be renowned in our day. The mark of my arm shall be in the battle, Mid my name in the song of bards. gaise the song; send round the shell : and let joy be...
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Palmyra: And Other Poems

Thomas Love Peacock - Puritans - 1806 - 168 pages
...the winged days? Thou lookest from thy towers to-day; yet a few years, and the blast of the desert comes; it howls in thy empty court, and whistles round thy half-worn shield. — OSSIAN. THE VISIONS OF JLOVE. Senza 1'amabile Dio di Citera, I di non tornano Di primavera ; Non...
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The poems of Ossian, tr. by J. Macpherson. Blair's critical ..., Volume 1

Ossian - 1806 - 366 pages
...the winged days? Thou lookest from thy towers to-day; yet a few years, and the blast of the desert comes ; it howls in thy empty court, and whistles round thy half-worn shield. And let the blast of the desert come ! we shall be renowned in our day! The mark of my arm shall be...
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Institutions et vie municipale à Aix-en-Provence sous la Révolution: 1789-an ...

Christiane Derobert-Ratel - Aix-en-Provence (France) - 1809 - 590 pages
...the winged day ? Thou lookest from thy towers to-day; yet, a few days, and the blast of the desart comes; it howls in thy empty court, and whistles round thy half-worn shield." Its many roofless apartments, its massy sombre walls, corroded by time and the elements, its shattered...
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Caledonian Sketches, Or, A Tour Through Scotland in 1807: To which is ...

Sir John Carr - Scotland - 1809 - 328 pages
...the winged day ? Thou lookesf from thy towers to-day; yet, a few days, and the blast .of the desart comes ; it howls in thy empty court, and whistles round thy half-worn shield." Its many roofless apartments, its massy sombre walls, corroded by time and the elements, its shattered...
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St. Clair; Or, The Heiress of Desmond

Lady Morgan (Sydney) - 1812 - 486 pages
...days ? thou lookest from thy tower to-day, yet a few years, and the blast of the desert shall come} it howls in thy empty court, and whistles round thy halfworn shield." We then all return home in the best spirits, and with the Best appetite in the world, to a little music...
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The Words of the Most Favourite Pieces: Performed at the Glee Club, the ...

Richard Clark - Madrigals, English - 1814 - 530 pages
...For one day we must fall. Yet a few years, and the blast of the desert comes, And whistles round the half-worn shield. Let the blast of the desert come,...shall be in battle, My name in the song of bards. Ossian. GLEE for Five Voices, WlLBYK.— 1609. in a valley as Alexis trips, He saw young Daphne sleeping...
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The Imperial magazine; or, Compendium of religious, moral ..., Volume 3

664 pages
...winged days ! Thou lookest from thy towers to-day ; — yet a few years — and the blast of the desert comes — it howls in thy empty court, and whistles round thy half-worn shield." OSSIAN. O ! mark yonder yonth, on the hill's summit bounding ! As light as the roe on green Morven...
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Specimens of the Russian Poets

English poetry - 1821 - 282 pages
...the winged days ? thou lookest from thy towers to-day; yet a few years and the blast of the desert comes ; it howls in thy empty court, and whistles round thy half-worn shield. And 86 " Let the glance of day brighten, Let its radiance be shed o'er the mountain and sea1; Thy smiles...
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