 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
 | Teresa Guiccioli (contessa di) - Poets, English - 1869 - 676 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,... | |
 | Ossian - 1870 - 596 pages
...the tune ; send round the shell ! fall Why dost thou build the hall, son of the winged days 1 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 let the blast of the desert come ! we shall be renowned in our day ! The mark... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1873 - 384 pages
...NEWSTEAD ABBEY.« " Why dost thou build the hall, son of tlie winged days? Thou lookeet from thy tower to-day : yet a few years, and the blast of the desert comes, it howls in thy empty court." — OaaiAN. THROUGH thy battlements, Newstead, the hollow winds whistle ; Thou, the hall of my fathers,... | |
 | English periodicals - 1875 - 706 pages
...way, muttering the lines of old Ossian : ' Why dost thou build the hall, son of the winged dajs ? Thou lookest from thy towers to-day : yet a few years,...empty court, and whistles round thy half-worn shield.' Agreeably to the Highlander's directions, I followed the branch that turned to the left and entered... | |
 | Thomas Love Peacock - 1875 - 834 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...it howls in thy empty court, and whistles round thy half -worn shield.— Ossi AN. Though WINTER'S frown severe Deform the wasted year, SPRING smiles again,... | |
 | Thomas Love Peacock - English literature - 1875 - 496 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...it howls in thy empty court, and whistles round thy half -worn shield. — OSSIAN. Though WINTER'S frown severe Deform the wasted year, SPRING smiles again,... | |
 | John Ross - English poetry - 1878 - 786 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 today ; 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 the battle, and my name in the... | |
 | John Ross - English poetry - 1878 - 816 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 today ; 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 the battle, and my name in the... | |
 | Adams Sherman Hill - 1878 - 336 pages
...Lochiel's Warning. 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...empty court, and whistles round thy half-worn shield. Let the blast of the desert come! we shall be renowned in our day." 1 Whatever arrangement may, according... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1881 - 368 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 hi our day! The mark of my arm shall be in battle; my name in the song of... | |
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