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" The other contains a short, but exquisitely tender image, accompanied with the finest poetical painting. " The " music of Carril was like the memory of joys that " are past, pleasant and mournful to the soul. "
The poems of Ossian, tr. by J. Macpherson. To which are prefixed ... - Page 120
by Ossian - 1805
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Memoirs of the Life of William Wirt, Volume 2

John Pendleton Kennedy - 1849 - 464 pages
...have separated me forever from that beloved State, they are the music which Ossian describes — " The memory of joys that are past— pleasant and mournful to the soul." When alone and unengaged with business, my mind finds a pensive pleasure in running back to scenes...
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Memoirs of the Rev. Walter M. Lowrie: Missionary to China

Walter Macon Lowrie - Missionaries - 1849 - 522 pages
...of spirits does come over me, yet even then the remembrance of my former acquaintance with you, is " the memory of joys that are past — pleasant and mournful to the soul." But the probability is, that we shall not often meet together again. Our lots are likely to be widely...
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Memoirs of the Life of William Wirt, Attorney General of the ..., Volume 2

John Pendleton Kennedy - Lawyers - 1849 - 466 pages
...have separated me forever from that beloved State, they are the music which Ossian describes — " The memory of joys that are past — pleasant and mournful to the soul.'' When alone and unengaged with business, my mind finds a pensive pleasure in running back to scenes...
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Composition, literary and rhetorical, simplified

rev. David Williams (M.A.) - 1850 - 162 pages
...on the mind to the recollection of departed joys is picturesque and beautiful. " The music of Carryl was, " like the memory of joys that are past, pleasant, and mournful " to the soul." And the two following similes of the same poet, who is exceedingly happy and correct in his illustrations...
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Memoirs of the Life of William Wirt, Attorney-General of the ..., Volume 2

John Pendleton Kennedy - Attorneys general - 1850 - 408 pages
...have separated me forever from that beloved State, they are the music which Ossian describes — " The memory of joys that are past — pleasant and mournful to the soul." When alone and unengaged with business, my mind finds a pensive pleasure in running back to scenes...
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Memoirs of the Rev. Walter M. Lowrie, Missionary to China

Walter Macon Lowrie - Evangelists - 1850 - 528 pages
...spirits does come over me, yet even then the remembrance of my former acquaintance with you, is " ihe memory of joys that are past — -pleasant and mournful to the soul." But the probability is, that we shall not often meet together again. Our lots are likely to be widely...
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The Last of His Family: And Other Poems, Occasional and Miscellaneous

Nathan Lanesford Foster - 1850 - 238 pages
...THE LATE MR. NOADIAH EMMONS. Affectionately inscribed to her Mother qnd other surviving friends. he memory of joys that are past ; pleasant and mournful to the soul! — OSSJAN. SCENES of the PAST ! how dear in memory's shrine ! How bright your visions still in fancy...
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The Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 1

Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 602 pages
...the gale of spring — in war, the mountain of storm, and his similes, such as, The music of Carol was like the memory of joys that are past,— pleasant, and mournful to the soul, are of the most delicate kind, and adorn almost every page of his poetry ; but we are constrained here...
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The Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 1

Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 594 pages
...art the gale of spring— in war, the mountain of storm, and his similes, such as, The music of Carol was like the memory of joys that are past, — pleasant, and mournful to the soul, are of the most delicate kind, and adorn almost every page of his poetry ; but we are constrained here...
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Practical English composition

Richard Hiley - 1852 - 344 pages
...must be striking, natural, and suitable to the subject and the occasion ; as, " The music was lihe the memory of joys that are past, pleasant and mournful to the soul." Here, the comparison is made not between one kind of music and another, but, between music and the...
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