 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.  The Poems of Ossian - Page 1841896 - 417 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 438 pages
...obdurate mr, Toialt iltebMW, wkiii •!. lr*Aai> Tb *IJ B97. Ossn *'» Aniinr.ss TO THK SDK. O | thuu, that rollest above, round as the shield of my fathers ! whence are thy beams, O •un! 'thy everlasting light! Thou comest forth in thy awful beauty; the stars — hide themselves... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 398 pages
...around forth in thy awful beauty; tlie stirs — hide ' us, with precision, force, and harmony, the full themselves in the sky ; the moon, cold and pale, sinks in the western wave. Hut thou, thyself, movcst alone: who ean be a com panion of th mountains thy fall; course 1 The oaks... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - Elocution - 1846 - 340 pages
...a favorite piece with elocutionists and students in oratory. 15. ADDRESS TO THE SUN. — Ossian. 1. O, thou that rollest above, round as the shield of...the moon, cold and pale, sinks in the western wave. 2. But thou, thyself, movest alone : who can be a companion of thy course ? The oaks of the mountains... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - Elocution - 1846 - 372 pages
...oratory. 15. ADDRESS TO THE SUN. — Ossian. 1. 0, thou that rollcst above, round as the shield of rny fathers! Whence are thy beams, O sun! thy everlasting...the moon, cold and pale, sinks in the western wave. 2. But thou, thyself, mo vest alone: who can be a companion of thy course? The oaks of the mountains... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1842 - 316 pages
...and my heaven. In thy splendor, thou immeasurable One, I shall see light and enjoy it for ever ! 1. O THOU that rollest above, round as the shield of...everlasting light ? Thou comest forth in thy awful beauty, and the stars hide themselves in the sky : the moon, cold and pale, sinks in the western wave. But... | |
 | Merritt Caldwell - Elocution - 1846 - 390 pages
...air; And, as round thy centre planets roll, So thou, too, hast thy path around the central soul. 11. 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... | |
 | Erasmus Darwin North - Elocution - 1846 - 454 pages
...indicate these by the mark (||) which is used for the csesural pause in poetry. EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE. Whence are thy beams, \\ O sun ! thy everlasting light ? Thou comest forth, || in thy awful beauty, and the stars \\ hide themselves inthes&y; the moon, || cold and pale, sinks || in the western wave.... | |
 | Asa Humphrey - Literature - 1847 - 238 pages
...like verse ; but of no regular and determinate lengths, as the kind of verse doea not admit of it. "O thou that rollest above, round as the shield of my fathers! Whence are thy beams, O sun I ihou everlasting light ? Thou comest forth in thy awful beauty, and the stars hide themselves in... | |
 | Salem Town - Elocution - 1847 - 420 pages
...The tombs, And monumental caves of death, look cold, And shoot a dullness to my trembling heart. 0 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... | |
 | Elocution - 1848 - 310 pages
...Gloom, or Melancholy, united with Grandeur. 1. — [OSSIAN'S APOSTEOPHB TO THE Sun.] — Macphersm. " O thou that rollest above, round as the shield of my fathers ' whence are thy heams, O sun ! thy everlasting light* Thou comest forth in thy awful beauty : the stars hide themselves... | |
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