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" Age is dark and unlovely; it is like the glimmering light of the moon when it shines through broken clouds, and the mist is on the hills: the blast of the north is on the plain; the traveller shrinks in the midst of his journey. "
The History of Scotland: From the Union of the Crowns on the Accession of ... - Page 454
by Malcolm Laing - 1804
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Scenes of Travel in Norway

J. C. Phythian - Norway - 1877 - 198 pages
...The poet Ossian, whose romantic lines have a Scandinavian character, says, "Age is dark and unlovely, like the glimmering light of the moon when it shines...through broken clouds, and the mist is on the hills." He may be right, or he may be wrong. There is plenty of time for Norway to throw off her youth, her...
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Selections for Reading and Elocution: A Handbook for Teachers and Students

Joseph Wadsworth Keene - Elocution - 1879 - 256 pages
...thy clouds, careless of the voice of the morning. Exult, then, 0 Sun ! in the strength of thy }7outh. Age is dark and unlovely : it is like the glimmering...through broken clouds, and the mist is on the hills ; when the blast of the north is on the plain, and the traveler sinks in the midst of his journey....
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Beauties and Achievements of the Blind

William Artman, Lansing V. Hall - Blind - 1879 - 416 pages
...Sun, in the strength of thy youth I Age is dark and unlovely ; it ia like the glimmering light of th« moon, when it shines through broken clouds, and the...the hills : the blast of the north is on the plain, the traveler shrinks in the midst of his journey. FROM THE POETS LAST SONG. Lead, son of Alpin, lead...
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Rhetoric as an Art of Persuasion: From the Standpoint of a Lawyer

Daniel F. Miller - Oratory - 1880 - 204 pages
...season; thy years will have an end. Thou shalt sleep in thy clouds careless of the voice of the morning. dark and unlovely ; it is like the glimmering light...the hills; the blast of the north is on the plain ; the traveler shrinks in the midst of his journey." The following from the pen of Iowa's gifted poetess,...
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Specimens, with memoirs, of the less-known British poets. With an ..., Volume 2

George Gilfillan - 1881 - 368 pages
...in thy clouds careless of the voice of the morning. Exult then, 0 sun, in the strength of thy youth! Age is dark and unlovely; it is like the glimmering...the hills : the blast of the north is on the plain ; the traveller shrinks in the midst of his journey. DESOLATION OF BALCLUTHA. I have seen the walls...
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English Language and Literary Criticism: English poetry

James Baldwin - English language - 1882 - 632 pages
...thy clouds careless of the voice of the morning. Exult, then, O Sun, in the strength of thy youth ! Age is dark and unlovely; it is like the glimmering...the hills: the blast of the north is on the plain; the traveler shrinks in the midst of his jouruey. INDEX. I.—AUTHORS. Addison. Joseph (1672-1719),...
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Swinton's Reader and Speaker, Volume 5

William Swinton - 1883 - 492 pages
...thy clouds, careless of the voice of the morning. Exult, then, O Sun, in the strength of thy youth : age is .dark and unlovely. It is like the glimmering...is on the hills, the blast of the north is on the plains, the traveler shrinks in the midst of his journey. 84. — Soliloquy of a Young Lady. were left...
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Swinton's Fifth Reader and Speaker

William Swinton - Readers - 1883 - 504 pages
...thy clouds, careless of the voice of the morning. Exult, then, O Sun, in the strength of thy youth : age is dark and unlovely. It is like the glimmering...is on the hills, the blast of the north is on the plains, the traveler shrinks in the midst of his journey. 84. — Soliloquy of a Young Lady. were left...
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A complete English grammar

Mathew Wilson - English language - 1884 - 294 pages
...morning. Exult then, 0 sun, in the strength of thy youth! Age is dark and unlovely; it is like thu glimmering light of the moon when it shines through...the hills : the blast of the north is on the plain; the traveller shrinks in the midst of his journey. 36. A WISH.— Burns, 1759-1796. E'en then a wish...
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The Speaker's Garland: Comprising 100 Choice Selections ...

Phineas Garrett - Readers - 1885 - 974 pages
...the clouds, careless of the voice of the morning. Exult, then, 0 sun, in the strength of thy youth! Age is dark, and unlovely: it is like the glimmering...of the moon, when it shines through broken clouds ; when the mist is on the hills, the blast of the. north is on the plain, the traveler shrinks in the...
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