 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
 | Friedrich Wilmsen - 1903 - 38 pages
...head — Why dost thou build the hall, son of the winged days ? Now thou lockest from the tower, but a few years and the blast of the desert comes, it howls in the empty court and whistles round the half worn shield. Stimmungsvolle Melancholie wird niemand dieser... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - Celtic literature - 1905 - 184 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,...empty court, and whistles round thy half-worn shield. Let the blast of the desert come ! we shall be renowned in our day.' All Europe felt the power of that... | |
 | 1905 - 712 pages
...now, we may well exclaim with Ossian : "Why doest thou build thy halls, O son of the winged days? Thou lookest from thy towers to-day, yet a few years and...of the desert comes, it howls in thy empty court." Not far away is a gray rock overlooking the Shannon, known as Craglea. Tradition says it is the home... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1905 - 1088 pages
...NEWSTEAD ABBEY ' Why dost thon build the hall, son of the winged days ? Thou lookest from thy tower E q夕 fVg-˦ k _3 u iE [T a$s` %Wx! h xx ~ H{aٗ5f k t x.\ Uۅ X .' — OMUU. THROUGH thy battlements, Newstead, the hollow winds whistle; Thon, the hall of my fathers,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1905 - 1110 pages
...NEWSTEAD ABBEY ' Why dost thou build the hall, son of the winged days ? Thon lookest from thy tower e not withheld, the fault was mine to hope Her former smiles again at this late hour. Ben. — OSSIAN. THROUGH thy battlements, Newstead, the hollow winds whistle; Thou, the hall of my fathers,... | |
 | Thomas Love Peacock - English poetry - 1906 - 438 pages
...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,...empty court, and whistles round thy half-worn shield. — Ossian. In tenfold measure, ev'ry care, That marks thy progress here. ' Bow THEN TO HIM, for HE... | |
 | Margaret Lynn - English poetry - 1907 - 506 pages
...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,...court, and whistles round thy half-worn shield. And 115 let the blast of the desert come ! we shall be renowned in our day ! The mark of my arm shall be... | |
 | Margaret Lynn - English poetry - 1907 - 506 pages
...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 n5 let the blast of the desert come ! we shall be renowned in our day ! The mark of my arm shall be... | |
 | Margaret Lynn - English poetry - 1907 - 528 pages
...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,...it howls in thy empty court, and whistles round thy half -worn shield. And n5 let the blast of the desert come ! we shall be renowned in our day ! The... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - Celtic literature - 1912 - 180 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,...empty court, and whistles round thy half-worn shield. Let the blast of the desert come ! we shall be renowned in our day.' All Europe felt the power of that... | |
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