 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
 | John Bowring - English poetry - 1821 - 290 pages
...survive thy beams." — Carthon. In the same touching spirit is the noble address to the sun. — " 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 thyself... | |
 | English poetry - 1821 - 282 pages
...thy beams." — Carthon. In the same touching spirit is the noble address to the sun. — " O thon that rollest above, round as the shield of my fathers...whence are thy beams, O sun ! — thy everlasting light J Thou contest forth in thy awful beauty, the stars hide themselves in the sky : the moon cold and... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1822 - 362 pages
...it has given a mournful and never-dying interest to a theme of surpassing awfulness and grandeur. " 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... | |
 | John Bowring - English poetry - 1822 - 282 pages
...survive thy beams." — Carlhon. In the same touching spirit is the noble address to the sun. " — 0 thou that rollest above, round as the shield of my...everlasting light ? Thou comest forth in thy awful beauty, the stars hide themselves in the sky: the moon coW and pale sinks in the western wave. But thou thyself... | |
 | Domestic, literary and village sketches - Great Britain - 1823 - 168 pages
...brighten, and the ocean roll its white waves, in light." POEM OF DAR-THULA. OSSIAN'S ADDRESS TO THE SUN. O thou that rollest above, round as the shield of my fathers ! Whence are thy beams, O sun I thy everlasting light? Thou comest forth, in thy awful beauty ; the stars hide themselves in the... | |
 | Benjamin Humphrey Smart - Elocution - 1826 - 242 pages
...; rises into ' Vehemence ; relaxes into the " Plaintive. O thou, that rollest above, whence are tby 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... | |
 | Readers - 1830 - 288 pages
...qu'estdevenu?—*8 Exult over you, iriomphcr do vous. OSStAN TO THE SUN. : . 0 ihou that roll os i above, round as the shield of my fathers ! Whence...everlasting light? Thou comest forth in thy awful beauty; the stars hide themselves in thg sky ; the moon, cold and pale, sinks in the western wave; but thou... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...voice ! The beam of heaven delights io shine on the grave of Carthon : I feel it warm around. О thon { | \& О sun ! thy everlasting light ? Thou comrst forth in thy awful beauty ; the stars hide themselves... | |
 | Charles Feist - 1833 - 304 pages
...where clouds had been, In the Eighth Harry's reign — Fifteen, Seventeen. D TO THE SUN. (From Ossian.) O Thou ! that rollest above, round as the shield of my fathers ! Whence are thy beams, O Sun ? Thy everlastinglight? Thou comest forth in thy awful beauty, and the stars hide themselves in the sky ;... | |
 | Ossian - 1834 - 218 pages
...О 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, () sun! thy everlasting light? Thou comest forth in thy awful beauty; the stars hide themselves in... | |
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