 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 Works of Ossian, the Son of Fingal - Page 931783Full view - About this book
 | Hugh Blair - Literary forgeries and mystifications - 1763 - 94 pages
...of Balclutha in Carthon |. " I <c have feen the walls of Balclutha, but they were defolate. The (c fire had refounded in the halls; and the voice of the people is cc heard no more. The dream of Clutha was removed from its " place by the fall of the walls. The thiltle... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1765 - 578 pages
...of them dare not £hake the fnow from off theiis •eflbcks, left they fliake themfelves to pieces. I have feen the walls of Balclutha, but they were defolate. The flames had refounded in the halls : and theToice of the people is heard no more. The ftream of Clutha... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1772 - 398 pages
...Half of them dare not fhake the fnow from off their caflbcks, left they fhake themfelves to pieces. I have feen the walls of Balclutha, but they were defolate. The flames had refounded in the halls: and the voice of the people is heard no more. The ftream of Cluiha... | |
 | Poetry - 1773 - 432 pages
...that fhe may reft with the fair of Morven, the fun-beams of other days, the delight of heroes of old. I have feen the walls of Balclutha, but they were...defolate. The fire had refounded in the halls : and th« voice of the people is heard no more. Th> ftream of Clutha was remored from its place, by the... | |
 | Poetry - 1773 - 466 pages
...the ruins of Balclutha in Cartho. " I have " feen the walls of Balclutha, but they were de" folate. The fire had refounded in the halls ; " and the voice of the people is heard no more. " The ftream of Clutha was removed from its " place by the fall of the walls. The thiftle " fhook there... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1788 - 590 pages
...fhake themfelves to pieces. I have feen the walls of Balclutha, but they were deful.it i- . The flames had refounded in the halls ; and the voice of the people is heard no more. The ftream of Clutha was removed from its place by the fall of the walls. The thiftle fhopk there its... | |
 | Ossian - 1790 - 446 pages
...that fhe may reft with the fair of Morven, the fun-beams of other days, the delight of heroes of old. I have feen the walls of Balclutha, but they were...halls : and the voice of the people is heard no more. The ftream of Glutha was removed from its place, by the fall of the walls. The thiftle ihook, there,... | |
 | Scottish Gaelic poetry - 1790 - 344 pages
...defcription of the young prince Connac, in the fame book ; and the ruins of Balclutha in Cartho. " I have feen the " walls of Balclutha, but they were...; and the ." voice of the people is heard no more. The " ftream of Clutha was removed from its place " by the fall of \he walls. The thiftle fhook 1 «... | |
 | William Belsham - Great Britain - 1793 - 396 pages
...to be diftinguifhed from the ruins of BALCLUTHA. " I have feen, fays the antient bard of Caledonia, the walls of Balclutha, but they were defolate. The fire had refounded in the halls, but the voice of the people is heard no more. The ftream of Clutha was removed from its place by the... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 446 pages
...days, and the delight of heroes of old. — 1 have feen the walls of Balclutha, but they were defulate. The fire had refounded in the halls ; and the voice of the people is heard no more. The ilream of Clutha was removed from its place by the fall of the walls. The thiftle Ihook, there,... | |
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