 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 thy empty court, and whistles round thy half-worn shield.  The Poems of Ossian - Page 2501810Full view - About this book
 | English poetry - 1821 - 282 pages
...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...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... | |
 | John Bowring - English poetry - 1821 - 290 pages
...fallen before us; for one day we must fall. Why dost thou build the hall, sou of the winged days? thou lookest from thy towers to-day ; yet a. few years...the desert comes ; it howls in thy empty court, and n liistlcs round thy half-worn shield. And " Let the glance of day brighten, Let its radiance be shed... | |
 | E D. Carr - 1821 - 768 pages
...to threaten destruction to all below. " Why dost thou build the hall, son of the winged day ? Thou lookest from thy towers to-day ; yet a few years, and the blast of the desert comes ; it howls on thy empty court, and whistles round thy half- worn shield." Where Where then, amidst this desolation,... | |
 | English poetry - 1821 - 284 pages
...Why dost thou build the hall, sou of the winged days? thou lookest from thy towers to-day ; yet -i few years and the blast of the desert comes ; it howls in thy empty court, and whittles round thy half-worn shield. And " But list! to the bustling Of voices ; they wake in the castle... | |
 | Sir John Bowring - English poetry - 1821 - 288 pages
...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 conies ; it howls in thy empty court, and whistles round thy half-worn shield. And " Let the glance... | |
 | John Bowring - English poetry - 1822 - 282 pages
...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...and whistles round thy half-worn shield. And let the " Let the glance of day brighten, Let its radiance be shed o'er the mountain and sea;* Thy smiles shall... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - Greek poetry - 1822 - 200 pages
...NEWSTEAD ABBEY. Why dost thou build the hall ? Son of the winged days ! Thou lookest from thy tower to-day ; yet a few years, and the blast of the desert comes; it howls in thy empty court. • OSSIAS. J. HROUGH thy battlements, Newstead, the hollow winds whistle ; Thou, the hall of my Fathers,... | |
 | English literature - 1824 - 436 pages
...building : " ДУЪу dost thou build the hall, son of the winged days? Thou lookest from thy tower to-day ; — yet, a few years, and the blast of the .desert comes ; it howls in thy empty courts, and whistles round thy moss-grpwn shield." "The state of things about this delightful dwelling... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 546 pages
...LEAVING NEWSTEAD ARREY. Why dost thou build the hall? Son of the winged days! Thou lookest from thy tower to-day; yet a few years, and the blast of the desert comes; it howls in thy empty court. OSSIAN. THROUGH thy battlements, Newstead,thehollowwinds whistle, Thou the hall of my fathers art gone... | |
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