 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
 | Goold Brown - English language - 1851 - 324 pages
.../- Why dost thou build the halL son of the winged days 1 thou lookcst from thy towers to-day j~yet a few years, and- the blast of the desert comes ; it howls in thy empty court.-;-- Ossian. Light ! from whose rays all beauty springs, Darkness ! whose wide-expanded wings Involve the... | |
 | Du Rieux - 1852 - 290 pages
...ANACRKON. " 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 ! Der Schauplatz dieses Gesanges ist Irland. Ossian war mit Fingal und seinen Schaaren dorthin gekommen... | |
 | William Gideon Michael Jones Barker - Wensleydale (England) - 1854 - 366 pages
...thou build the hall, son of the winged days ? Thou lookest from thy tower to-day ; yet a little while and the blast of the desert comes ; it howls in thy empty courts. OSSIAN. HITHERTO, our steps in Wensleydale have been surrounded by natural and religious beauty... | |
 | John Warner Barber - Belgium - 1855 - 608 pages
...; for, one day. we must fall. Why do*t thon build the hall, son of the winged days ! Thou luokt.-l from thy towers to-day ; yet a few years, and the...it howls in thy empty court, and whistles round thy hnlf-wom shield. And let the bloat of the desert come ! we shall be renowued in our day ! Tin- mark... | |
 | Goold Brown - English language - 1856 - 362 pages
...are seldom weighed. in the same balance. Why dost thou build the hall, son of the winged days? thou lookest from thy towers to-day ; yet a few years,...the blast of the desert comes; it howls in thy empty courts — Ossian> Light ! from whose rays all beauty springs, Darkness ! whose wide-expanded wings... | |
 | Robert B. M. Binning - Iran - 1857 - 462 pages
...sepulchri Immemor, struis domos." — HORACE. " Why dost thou build the hall, son of the winged days ? Thou lookest from thy towers to-day : yet a few years,...of the desert comes ; it howls in thy empty court." QasiAir. 22 TOMBS OF THE KINGS. filled with earth, we could not judge of its depth. In several parts... | |
 | Lucius Osgood - Elocution - 1858 - 494 pages
...hall, son of the winged days? Thou lookest from thy towers to-day : yet a few years, and the Dlast of the desert comes; it howls in thy empty court',...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 in battle, my name in the song... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1859 - 586 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." — OSSIAN. THROUGH thy battlements, Newstead, the hollow winds whistle ; Thou, the hall of my fathers,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1859 - 914 pages
...doit thou build the hall, son of the winged days ? Thou lookest from thy tower to-day : yet a fc-w Ԇ u * L ݒ 0 — OSSIAN. THROUGH thy battlements, Newstcad, the hollow winds whistle ; Thou, the hall of my fathers,... | |
 | George Gilfillan - English poetry - 1860 - 362 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...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 in battle; my name in the song of... | |
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