 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
 | Matthew Arnold - Fiction - 1913 - 376 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 today ; yet a few years, and...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... | |
 | George Benjamin Woods - England - 1916 - 1604 pages
...fallen before us: for one day we must fall. Why dost thou build the hall, son of the winged days? Thou lonely scene shall thee restore, For thee the tear be duly shed come! we shall be renowned in our day ! The mark of my arm shall be in battle; my name in the song... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - English literature - 1916 - 480 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 comes; it howls in £hy empty court, and whistles round thy half-worn shield."* "They rose rustling like a flock of sea-fowl... | |
 | John Hunter Harley - Poland - 1917 - 268 pages
...the Celt, and, it well might be supposed, the heritage of Poland in her day of sorrow and distress. " Yet a few years and the blast of the desert comes,...empty court and whistles round thy half-worn shield. in Let the blast of the desert come 1 We shall be renowned in our day 1 *' It cannot be denied that... | |
 | William Keith Leask - Aberdeen (Scotland) - 1917 - 466 pages
...Newstead Abbey in the words of our alumnus : " Why dost thou build the hall, son of the winged days ? Yet a few years and the blast of the desert comes, it howls in thy empty court." Half of the Byronic note and wave was Ossianic; "dark Lochnagar" was not revealed to the lame boy in... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1860 - 796 pages
...midnight. " BIBOK. "Why didst thou build the hall? Son of the winged day ! Thou lookest from thy tower today : yet a few years, and the blast of the desert | comes : it howls in thy empty court 1 " — OSSIAIT. As soon as I had refreshed myself with some food, drink, and a wash, I related the... | |
 | Thomas Love Peacock - 1927 - 416 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. THE VISIONS OF LOVE Senza. 1'amabile Dio di Citera, I di non tornano Di primavera ; Non spira... | |
 | Reinhard Haferkorn - Architecture, Gothic - 1924 - 230 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 comes; it howls in the einpty court, and whistles round the half-worn shield. And let the blast of the desert come! we... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - Criticism - 1962 - 598 pages
...before us, for one day we must fall. Why dost thou build the hall, son 10 of the winged days? Thou lookest from thy towers to-day; yet a few years, and...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... | |
 | Daniel R. Davis - Foreign Language Study - 2001 - 630 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... | |
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