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" The murmur of the torrent comes from afar. Roaring waves climb the distant rock. The flies of evening are on their feeble wings ; the hum of their course is on the field. What dost thou behold, fair light ? But thou dost smile and depart. The waves come... "
The poems of Ossian, tr. by J. Macpherson. To which are prefixed ... - Page 285
by Ossian - 1845
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Cyclopedia of English Literature: a Selection of the Choicest ..., Volume 2

Robert Chambers - English literature - 1851 - 764 pages
...around thee : they bathe thy lovely hair. Farewell, thou silent beam ! Let the light of Ossian's tool beloved as thou art ! 0 lift me from the grass t...ahul My heart beats loud and fast ; Oh ! press it c barde of eong, gray-haired Ullin! stately Ryno! Alpin, with the tuneful voice ! the soft complaint...
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Novels and Tales: By Goëthe. Elective Affinities; The Sorrows of Werther ...

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1854 - 544 pages
...behold, fair light ? But thou do'st smile and depart. The waves come with joy around thee: they bathe thy lovely hair. Farewell, thou silent beam! Let the light of Ossian's soul arise. " Have you brought nothing to read ?" she inquired. He had nothing. "There in my drawer," she continued;...
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Gleanings from the English poets, Chaucer to Tennyson, with biogr. notices ...

English poets - 1862 - 626 pages
...behold, fair light ? But thou dost smile and depart. The waves come with joy around thee : they bathe thy lovely hair. Farewell, thou silent beam ! Let...column of mist ; his heroes are around. And see the bards of song, gray-haired Ullin! stately Ryno ! Alpin, with the tuneful voice ! the soft complaint...
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Choice specimens of English literature, selected and arranged by T.B. Shaw ...

Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 pages
...behold, fair light ? But thou dost smile and depart. The waves come with joy around thee : they bathe thy lovely hair. Farewell, thou silent beam ! let...column of mist ; his heroes are around. And see the bards of song, grey-haired TJllin ! stately Ryno ! Alpin with the tuneful voice ! the soft complaint...
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The National Quarterly Review, Volumes 11-12

1865 - 838 pages
...behold fair light t But thon dost smile and depart. The waves come with joy around thee : they bathe thy lovely hair. Farewell, thou silent beam! Let the...Ossian's soul arise ! "And it does arise in its strength 1 I behold my departed friends. Their gathering is on Lora, as in the days of other years. Fingal comes...
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Novels and Tales by Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1868 - 522 pages
...behold, fair light ? But thou dost smile and depart. The waves come with joy around thee : they bathe thy lovely hair. Farewell, thou silent beam ! Let...arise. " And it does arise in its strength. I behold my departing friends. Their gathering is on Lora, as in the days of other years. Fingal comes like a watery...
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Choice Specimens of English Literature: Selected from the Chief English ...

Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - English literature - 1850 - 492 pages
...behold, fair light? But thou dost smile and depart. The waves come with joy around thee: they bathe thy lovely hair. Farewell, thou silent beam ! let...column of mist; his heroes are around. And see the bards of song, gray-haired Ullin! stately Ryno! Alpin with the tuneful voice! the soft complaint of...
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Novels and Tales

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1873 - 524 pages
...behold, fair light ? But thou dost smile and depart. The waves come with joy around thee: they bathe thy lovely hair. Farewell, thou silent beam! Let the light of Ossian's soul arise. " Have you brought nothing to read ?" she inquired. He had nothing. " There in my drawer," she continued;...
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From Thomas the Rhymer to Richard Gall

James Grant Wilson - English poetry - 1875 - 622 pages
...depart. The waves eome with joy around thee: they bathe thy lovely hair. Farewell, thou silent beam! I^et the light of Ossian's soul arise ! And it does arise...column of mist; his heroes are around: And see the bards of song, grayhaired Ullin! stately Ityno! Alpin,1 with the tuneful voice! the soft complaint...
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The Poets and Poetry of Scotland, from the Earliest to the Present Time ...

James Grant Wilson - English poetry - 1876 - 604 pages
...heholil. fair light? But thou dost smile and depart. The waves come with joy around thee: they bathe thy lovely hair. Farewell, thou silent beam! Let the...column of mist; his heroes are around: And see the bards of song, grayhaired Ullin! stately Ryno! Alpin,1 with the tuneful voice ! the soft complaint...
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