 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
 | Epes Sargent - Readers - 1857 - 350 pages
...dwells, And ever-musing Melancholy reigns, — What means this tumult in a vestal's veins ? * 3. O! thon that rollest above, round as the shield of my fathers,...everlasting light ? Thou comest forth in thy awful beauty ; the stars hide themselves in the sky; the moon, pale and cold, sinks in the western wave. But thou... | |
 | 1857 - 536 pages
...! The beam of heaven delights lo shine on the grave of Carthon : I feel it warm around. O thou thai rollest above, round as the shield of my fathers !...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 ; bul thou... | |
 | William Artman, Lansing V. Hall, L. V. Hall - Blind - 1857 - 404 pages
...author's history, but recommend this collection to all lovers of true poetry. OSSIAN'S ADDRESS TO THE SUN. O thou that rollest above, round as the shield of my fathers ! Whence are thy beams, 0 Sun? thy everlasting light? Thoucomest forth in thy awful beauty ; the stars hide themselves in the... | |
 | Thomas Maclauchlan - Celtic literature - 1857 - 184 pages
...commences:— " O thusa, a ghrian a shiubhlas shuas," &c. But we give the translation of Macpherson:— " Oh thou that rollest above, round as the shield of my fathers ! Whence are thy beams, 0 Sun ? Thy everlasting light ? Thou comest forth in thine awful beauty; the stars hide themselves... | |
 | William Russell - 1858 - 312 pages
...[OssiAN's APOSTROPHE TO THE SUN.] — Macpherson. '{p thou that rollest above, round as the shield of q»y 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... | |
 | Worthy Putnam - Elocution - 1858 - 420 pages
...James: 'Twas not his stature made him great, But greatness of his name. 2. To the Sun — (Monotone.) 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 the... | |
 | Thomas Buckley Smith - 1858 - 310 pages
...blast. Roll* on, thou deep and dark blue ocean, roll; T£n* thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain. 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. The oaks... | |
 | James A. Maitland - American fiction - 1858 - 474 pages
...how his beams penetrate the dark foliage and reflect themselves in the deep waters, and listen) : " ' 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,... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - English language - 1903 - 394 pages
...addressed to some particular person or thing. Ossian's address to the sun is an example: " O thou who rollest above, round as the shield of my fathers! Whence are thy beams, O sun, thy everlasting light ? " Blanco White's sonnet on Night is an apostrophe, and Byron's address to the ocean in Childe Harold... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - English language - 1903 - 400 pages
...addressed to some particular person or thing. Ossian's address to the sun is an example : " O thou who rollest above, round as the shield of my fathers !...Whence are thy beams, O sun, thy everlasting light ? " Blanco White's sonnet on Night is an apostrophe, and Byron's address to the ocean in Childe Harold... | |
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