 O thou that rollest above, round as the shield of my fathers! Whence are thy beams, O sun! thy everlasting light? Thou comest forth, in thy awful beauty; the stars hide themselves in the sky; the moon, cold and pale, sinks in the western wave. But thou...  The British Essayists - Page 57edited by - 1807Full view - About this book
 | 1834 - 438 pages
...following exquisite production, he alludes to the circumstance of his blindness. ADDRESS TO THE SI'N " O thou that rollest above, round as the shield of my fathers ! Whence are thy beams, О sun ! thine everlasting light ? Thou contest forth in thy awful beauty : the stars hide themselves... | |
 | Lyman Cobb - Readers - 1834 - 238 pages
...and incapable of motion ! EDINBURGH REVIEW. LESSON XLJI. Address to the Sun. 1. O THOU, that rollesl above, round as the shield of my fathers ! — Whence are thy beams, O sun 1— thy everlasting light ? Thou comest forth, in thy awful beauty, and the star* hide themselves... | |
 | John Pierpont - Rare books - 1835 - 484 pages
...Malvina ; leave me to my rest. Perhaps they may come to my dreams ; I think I hear a feeble voice. The beam of heaven delights to shine on the grave...light? Thou comest forth, in thy awful beauty, and tha •tars hide themselves in the sky ; the moon, cold and pale, Minks in the western wave. But thou... | |
 | John Pierpont - Rare books - 1835 - 496 pages
...O Malvina; leave me to my rest. Perhaps they may come to my dreams ; I think I hear a feeble voice. The beam of heaven delights to shine on the grave...as the shield of my fathers ! Whence are thy beams, 0 sun! thy everlasting light? Thou comest forth, in thy awful beauty, and the stars hide themselves... | |
 | Samuel Putnam - Readers - 1836 - 226 pages
...patriarch* upon record, Hold the fleet angel fast until he bless thee. OSSIAN'St ADDRESS TO' THE SUN. O THOU that rollest above, round as the shield of...beams, O sun! thy everlasting light ? Thou comest folth, in thy awful beauty, and the stars hide themselves in the sky; the moon, cold and pale, sinks... | |
 | William Graham (teacher of elocution.) - 1837 - 370 pages
...should be little varied — even emphasis should not be strikingly marked. O thou that rollest ahove, round as the shield of my fathers ! whence are thy...everlasting light ? Thou comest forth in thy awful heauty; the stars hide themselves in the sky; the moon, cold and pale, sinks in the western wave. But... | |
 | Bards and bardism - 1839 - 426 pages
...Malvina ! leave me to my rest. Perhaps they may come to my dreams : I think I hear a feeble voice ! The beam of heaven delights to shine on the grave...Whence are thy beams, O sun ! thy everlasting light 1 Thou comest forth in thy awful beauty ; the stars hide themselves in the sky ; the moon, cold and... | |
 | Archibald Smith (M.D.) - 1839 - 640 pages
...who, in honour of the orb which the Peruvians once adored, sung with sublimity and touching pathos, " O thou that rollest above, round as the shield of...everlasting light ? Thou comest forth in thy awful beauty; the stars hide themselves in the sky ; the moon, cold and pale, sinks in the western wave ; but thou... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - Elocution - 1841 - 410 pages
...Diz-zern'. ADDRESS TO THE SUN. O thou that rollest above, | round as the shield of my farthers ! | Whence are thy beams', O sun', | thy everlasting light, ? | Thou comest forth in thy awful beauty; | the stars hide themselves in the sky,; | the moon, | cold, anrf pale1, | sinks in the western wave-.... | |
 | Authors, English - 1843 - 560 pages
...dareth to wander beside thee ? Oaks of the mountains decay, and the hard rock crumbles asunder ; * " O Thou, that rollest above, round as the shield of...everlasting light ? Thou comest forth in thy awful beauty." — Macpherson. " Du die bier oben daher gehst, und gleichest an Riincle dem Schilde Meiner Vater !... | |
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