 | Bards and bardism - 1810 - 364 pages
...have seen the walls of " Balclutha, but they were desolate. The. fire had re" sounded in the balls; and the voice of the people is " heard no more. The...from its place by the fall of the walls. The thistle Kaim,, in hit Element* of CriticisM, T«l. iii. chap. 21, of narration and dct cription. " shook there... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English literature - 1811 - 400 pages
...they w«re desolate. The " fire had resounded within the halls ; and the " voice of the people is now heard no more. The " stream of Clutha was removed...walls; the thistle shook there its " lonely head; the mass whistled to the wimd. The " fox looked out at the window; the rank grass " waved round his head.... | |
 | Scottish Gaelic poetry - 1812 - 282 pages
...Cormac, in the same book ; and the ruins of Balclutha in Carthon. " I have seen " the walls of Balclutha, but they were desolate. " The fire had resounded in...of the walls. The thistle shook there " its lonely heud : The moss whistled to the wind. '• The fox looked out from the windows ; the •• rank grnxs... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1813 - 296 pages
...halls; and the voiee of the people is now heard no more. The stream of Clutha was removed from its plaee by the fall of the walls; the thistle shook there its lonely head : the moss whistled to the wind. The fox looked out of the window ; the rank grass waved round his head. Desolate is the... | |
 | Missions - 1847 - 760 pages
..." I have seen the walls of Balclutha, but they were desolate. The flames had resounded in the hall, and the voice of the people is heard no more. The stream of Clutha is removed from its place, by the fall of the walls. The thistle shook its lonely head. The moss whistled... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1816 - 452 pages
...shake themselves to pieces. I have seen the walls of Balclutha, but tHey were desolate. The flames had resounded in the halls ; and the voice of the...thistle shook there its lonely head : the moss whistled to the wind. The fox looked out from the winHnws : and the rank grass of the wjll waved round his head.... | |
 | Henry Home (lord Kames.), Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1817 - 532 pages
...shake themselves to pieces. I have seen the walls of Balclutha, but they were desolate. The flames had resounded in the halls; and the voice of the people...thistle shook there its lonely head: the moss whistled to the wind. The fox looked out from the windows; and the rank grass of the wall waved round his head.... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1818 - 266 pages
...but they were desolate. The fire had resounded within the halls ; and the voice of the people is now heard no more. The stream of Clutha was removed from...thistle shook there its lonely head ; the moss whistled to the wind. The fox looked out of the window; the rank grass waved round his head. Desolate is the... | |
 | William Hargrove - York (England) - 1818 - 462 pages
...and ERRATA to Vol. I. of THE E^LRJLIEST TO THE PRESENT TIME. " I have seen (he walls of Balclutha — but they were desolate ! The fire had resounded in the halls, and the voice of the warrior is heard no more." Ossian. SECTION I. Situation — Antiquity — Etymology, Similarity to... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1818 - 300 pages
...they were desolate. The fire had' resounded within the halts'; arid the voice of the people is now heard no more. The stream of Clutha was removed from its place by the tall ot the Walls ; the thistle shook there its lonely heqd ; the moss whistled to the wind. " The... | |
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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 stream of Clutha was removed from its place, by the fall of the walls. The thistle shook there its lonely... 
