 All night I stood on the shore. I saw her by the faint beam of the moon. All night I heard her cries. Loud was the wind; the rain beat hard on the hill. Before morning appeared, her voice was weak. It died away, like the evening breeze among the grass...  The Sorrows of Werter: A German Story - Page 138by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1779Full view - About this book
 | 1799 - 252 pages
...his Daura, or die. Sudden a blaft from the hill comes over the waves. He funk, and he rofe no more. Alone, on the fea-beat rock, my daughter was heard...to complain. Frequent and loud were her cries; nor rould her father relieve her. All night I flood en the fliore. I faw her by the faint beam of the moon:... | |
 | Frederick Reynolds - 1801 - 676 pages
...— Alas ! the leaf 's turn'd down Where hopelefs Armin mourns his murder'd child! WERTER. {reads]. " Alone on the fea-beat rock my daughter was " heard...cries, nor could her father relieve her. " All night I flood on the fliore — I faw her by " the faint beam of the moon, and before morning " appear'd, her... | |
 | 1801 - 334 pages
...Sudden a blaft from the hill came over the waves. He funk , and lie rofe no more. Alone, on the Tea-beat rock , my daughter was heard to complain. Frequent and loud were her cries. What could her father do? All night I flood vn the fhore. I faw her by the faint beam of the moon.... | |
 | Ossian - 1801 - 344 pages
...Sudden a blaft from the hill came over the waves. He funk, and he rofe no more. Alone, on the lea-beat rock, my daughter was heard to complain. Frequent and loud were her cries. What could her father do? All night 1 ftood on the fhore. I faw her by the faint beam of the moon.... | |
 | Ossian - 1805 - 244 pages
...Sudden a blast from the lull comes over the waves. He sunk, and he rose no more. Alone, on the sea-beat rock, my daughter was heard to complain. Frequent...cries ; nor could her father relieve her. All night I stood on the shore. I saw her by the faint beam of the moon. All night I heard her ciies. Loud was... | |
 | James Macpherson - Bards and bardism - 1805 - 654 pages
...Sudden a blast from the hill comes over the waves. He sunk, and he rose no more. Alone, on the sea-rock, my daughter was heard to complain. Frequent and loud...cries ; nor could her father relieve her. All night I stood on the shore. / saw her by the faint beam of' the moon. Loud was the wind; and the rain beat... | |
 | Ossian - 1805 - 656 pages
...Sudden a blast from the hill comes over the waves. He sunk, and he rose no more. Alone, on the sea-rock, my daughter was heard to complain. Frequent and loud...cries ; nor could her father relieve her. All night I stood on the shore. / saw her by tfte faint beam of the moon. Loud was the wind; and the rain beat... | |
 | Ossian - 1805 - 648 pages
...shaft he set, The grey goose wing that was therein, In his heart blood was wet. Alone, on the sea-beat rock, my daughter was heard to complain. Frequent and loud were her cries. What could her father do ? All night I stood on the shore. I saw her by the faint beam of the moon.... | |
 | Ephraim Wood - Society of Friends - 1815 - 384 pages
...well adapted to the fashionable taste of the English."* The original runs thus: "Alone on the sea-beat rock, my daughter was heard to complain. Frequent and loud were her cries. What could her father do ? All night I stood on the shore. I saw her by the faint beams of the moon.... | |
 | Edmund Henry Barker - 1829 - 798 pages
...her. And thus her father describes her fate, and his own wretchedness : — ' Alone, on the ' sea-beat rock, my daughter was heard to complain. ' frequent...cries, nor could her father ' relieve her. All night I stood on the shore. I saw her ' by the faint beam of the moon. All night I heard her ' cries. Loud... | |
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