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" I have seen the walls of Balclutha, but they were desolate. The fire had resounded in the halls; and the voice of the people is heard no more. "
The poems of Ossian, tr. by J. Macpherson. To which are prefixed ... - Page 153
by Ossian - 1845
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Beecher's Magazine, Volumes 3-4

1872 - 598 pages
...THEODOEE GROOT. " Urbs Scniirnmi delenda est." . *, f £?o - ;,' O *;\'V' •" •/ " r "Thave seen the walls of Balclutha, but they were desolate. The fire had resounded in its halls, and the voice of its people is heard no more. The fox looked out from the windows, and the...
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Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest Fields of Literature: A Melange ...

Charles Carroll Bombaugh - Literary curiosa - 1874 - 876 pages
...I have seen the walls of JBalclutha, but they are desolate : the flames had resounded in the balls, and the voice of the people is heard no more ; the stream of Cutha was removed from its place by the fall of the walls; the thistle shoots there its lowly head;...
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From Thomas the Rhymer to Richard Gall

James Grant Wilson - English poetry - 1875 - 622 pages
...the fair of Morren, the sunbeams of other days, the delight of heroes of old. I have geen the walla of Balclutha, but they were desolate. The fire had...walls. The thistle shook there its lonely head: the mow whistled to the wind. The fox looked out from the windows, the rank grass of the wall waved round...
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Ossian and the Clyde: Fingal in Ireland. Oscar in Iceland, Or Ossian ...

Peter Hately Waddell - Arran, Island of (Scotland) - 1875 - 450 pages
...for building dykes in' the neighbourhood," we are reminded again of Fingal's words— " I have seen the walls of Balclutha, but they were desolate. The...resounded in the halls; and the voice of the people is no more. The stream of Clutha was removed from its place, by the fall of the walls. The thistle shook...
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Ossian and the Clyde: Fingal in Ireland. Oscar in Iceland, Or Ossian ...

Peter Hately Waddell - Arran, Island of (Scotland) - 1875 - 446 pages
...for building dykes in the neighbourhood," we are reminded again of Fingal's words — " I have seen the walls of Balclutha, but they were desolate. The...resounded in the halls ; and the voice of the people is no more. The stream of Clutha was removed from its place, by the fall of the walls. The thistle shook...
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Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-fields of Literature

Charles Carroll Bombaugh - Anthologies - 1875 - 868 pages
...beautiful word-picture : — I have seen the walls of Balclutha, but they are desolate : the flames had resounded in the halls, and the voice of the people is heard no more ; the stream of Cutha was removed from its place by the fall of the walls ; the thistle shoots there its lowly head;...
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The Works of Thomas Love Peacock: Poetry. Miscellanies. Four ages of poetry ...

Thomas Love Peacock - English literature - 1875 - 496 pages
...with the fair of MORVEN, the sunbeams of other days, and the delight of heroes of old. I have seen the walls of BALCLUTHA, but they were desolate. The fire had resounded in the halls : the voice of the people was heard no more. The stream of CLUTHA was removed from its place, by the...
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The Works of Thomas Love Peacock: Poetry. Miscellanies. Four ages of poetry ...

Thomas Love Peacock - 1875 - 834 pages
...with the fair of MORVEN, the sunbeams of other days, and the delight of heroes of old. I have seen the walls of BALCLUTHA, but they were desolate. The fire had resounded in the halls : the voice of the people was heard 110 more. The stream of CLUTHA was removed from its place, by the...
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Specimens, with memoirs, of the less-known British poets. With an ..., Volume 2

George Gilfillan - 1881 - 368 pages
...the plain ; the traveller shrinks in the midst of his journey. DESOLATION OF BALCLUTHA. I have seen the walls of Balclutha, but they were desolate. The...halls; and the voice of the people is heard no more. Tho stream of Clutha was removed from its place by the fall of the walls. The thistle shook there its...
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Picturesque Quebec: A Sequel to Quebec Past and Present

Sir James MacPherson Le Moine - Monuments - 1882 - 572 pages
...of Ossian.f relating to the daughter of Eeuthamir, the " white-bosomed " Moina : — " I have seen the walls of Balclutha, but they were desolate. The...and the voice of the people is heard no more. The thistle shook there its lonely head ; the moss whistled to the wind. The fox looked out of the windows;...
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