 | Hugh Blair - Literary forgeries and mystifications - 1763 - 94 pages
...death. " The thirtle (hakes its beard to the wind.. " The flower hangs its heavy head—itfeems to fay, I am covered " with the drops of heaven ; the time of my departure is near, " and the blaft that shall fcatter my leaves." Malvina's death is hinted to him in the mod delicate manner by... | |
 | 1765 - 520 pages
...beard to the wind. The flower hangs its heavy «' head — it feems to fay, I am covered with the 'c drops of heaven; the time of. my departure is " near, and the blaft that fhall fcatter my leaves." Malvina's death is hinted to him in the moft delicate manner by... | |
 | Bards and bardism - 1765 - 416 pages
...hangs its heavy head, waving, at times, to the gale. Why doft thou awake me, O gale, it feems to fay, I am covered with the drops of heaven ? The time of my fading is near, and the blaft that fhall fcatter my leaves. To-morrow mall the traveller come, he that... | |
 | Poetry - 1773 - 466 pages
...its heavy head, waving, at times, to the gale. " Why doft thou awake me, O gale," it feems to fay, " I am covered with the drops of heaven ? The time of my fading is near, the blaft that fhall fcatter my leaves. To-i morrow mall the traveller come ; he that... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1779 - 188 pages
...the manufcript, and in. broken accents continued. " Why doft thou awake me, Q gale? It feems to fay, I am covered with the drops of heaven. The time of my fading is near, and the blaft that fhall fcatter my leaves. To-morrow fhall the traveller come; he... | |
 | Scottish Gaelic poetry - 1783 - 282 pages
...« The » thiftle shakes its beard to the wind. The flower » hangs its heavy head-it feems to fay, I am >, covered with the drops of heaven ; the time » of my departure is near, and the blaft that « shall fcatter my leaves ». Malvina's death is hinted to him in the moft delicate manner... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1785 - 286 pages
...manufcript, and in broken accents, continued. « Why " Why doft thou awake me, O gale? It .feems to fay, I am covered with the drops of heaven. The time of my fading is near, and the blaft that fhall fcatter my leaves. To-morrow fhall the traveller come ; he... | |
 | 1799 - 252 pages
...its heavy head, waving, at times, to the gale. " Why doft thou awake me, O gale?" it feems to fay; " I am covered with the drops of heaven. The time of my fading is near, and the blaft that fhall fcatter my leaves. To-morrow mall the traveller come, lie... | |
 | James Anderson - Agriculture - 1800 - 632 pages
...reflected from the waters, and was seen at times gently to move : " Why dost thou awake me, O gale," it seems to say; " I am covered with the drops of heaven? " On the other side, a tufted acacia loaded with its full luxuriance of foliage, still fresh as the... | |
 | Bards and bardism - 1803 - 350 pages
...presages of death. " The thistle shakes its beard to the wind. The " flower hangs its heavy head ; it seems to say, I am " covered with the drops of...apotheosis, or ascent to the habitation of heroes, and the introduction to the story which follows from the mention which Ossian supposes the father of... | |
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O gale, it seems to say, I am covered with the drops of heaven? The time of my fading is near, and the blast that shall scatter my leaves. Tomorrow shall the traveller come, he that saw me in my beauty shall come; his eyes will search the field, but they... 
