 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
 | James Edward Murdoch, William Russell - Elocution - 1845 - 424 pages
...orotund ": "Moderate" force: "Median stress": " Low pitch " : Prevalent " monotone " : Long pauses.) " O thou that rollest above, round as the shield of...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... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 334 pages
...or.ii bid IncadleMnifUf Til ttftantt*, slant, obitm* your rfctt. 69T. OSSIAX'S ADDBESS TO rur. Smr. O thou, that rollest above, round as the shield of my fathers! whence are thy beams, C gun! thy everlasting light? Thou comest forth in thy awful beauty; the stars—hide themselves in... | |
 | Charles P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 438 pages
...obdurate mr, Toialt iltebMW, wkiii •!. lr*Aai> Tb *IJ B97. Ossn *'» Aniinr.ss TO THK SDK. O | thuu, that rollest above, round as the shield of my fathers ! whence are thy beams, O •un! 'thy everlasting light! Thou comest forth in thy awful beauty; the stars — hide themselves... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - Elocution - 1846 - 340 pages
...a favorite piece with elocutionists and students in oratory. 15. ADDRESS TO THE SUN. — Ossian. 1. 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. 2. But... | |
 | Erasmus Darwin North - Elocution - 1846 - 454 pages
...indicate these by the mark (||) which is used for the csesural pause in poetry. EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE. Whence are thy beams, \\ O sun ! thy everlasting light...thy awful beauty, and the stars \\ hide themselves inthes&y; the moon, || cold and pale, sinks || in the western wave. But thou thyself \\ movest alone... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - Elocution - 1846 - 372 pages
...oratory. 15. ADDRESS TO THE SUN. — Ossian. 1. 0, thou that rollcst above, round as the shield of rny 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. 2. But... | |
 | Merritt Caldwell - Elocution - 1846 - 390 pages
...air; And, as round thy centre planets roll, So thou, too, hast thy path around the central soul. 11. O Thou that rollest above, round as the shield of my fathers ! whence are thy beams, 0 Sun! thy everlasting light'? Thou comest forth in thy awful beauty ; the stars hide themselves in... | |
 | Elocution - 1847 - 312 pages
...Gloom, or Melancholy, united with Grandeur. 1. — [OssiAN's APOSTROPHE TO THE SUN.] — Macpherson. " 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... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - Elocution - 1847 - 344 pages
...key note. The inflections should be little varied — even emphasis should not be strikingly marked. 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... | |
 | Bards and bardism - 1847 - 398 pages
...feeble voice! The beam of heaven delights to shine on the grave of Carthon : I feel it warm around ! 0 thou that rollest above , round as the shield of my...are thy beams, O sun! thy everlasting light? Thou eamest forth in thy awful beauty ; the stars hide themselves in the sA'v; the moon, cold and pale,... | |
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