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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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The Book of Scottish Poems: Ancient and Modern

John Ross - English poetry - 1878 - 786 pages
...behold, fair light ? But thou dost smile and depart. The waves come with joy around thee, and bathe thy lovely hair. Farewell, thou silent beam ! Let...friends. Their gathering is on Lora, as in the days that are past. Fingal comes like a watery column of mist : his heroes are around. And see the bards...
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The Book of Scottish Poems: Ancient and Modern

John Ross - English poetry - 1878 - 816 pages
...behold, fair light? But thou dost smile and depart. The waves come with joy around thee, and bathe thy lovely hair. Farewell, thou silent beam ! Let...friends. Their gathering is on Lora, as in the days that are past. Fingal comes like a watery column of mist: his heroes are around. And see the bards...
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Gems from the English Poets: Chaucer to Tennyson ; with Biographical Notices ...

English poets - English poetry - 1889 - 596 pages
...behold, fair light 1 But thou dost smile and depart. The waves come with joy around thee : they bathe thy lovely hair. Farewell, thou silent beam ! Let...friends. Their gathering is on Lora, as in the days of othei years. Fingal comes like a watery column of mist ; his heroes are around. And see the bards of...
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Chambers's Cyclopędia of English Literature: A History ..., Volumes 3-4

Robert Chambers - American literature - 1881 - 842 pages
...behold mv departed friends. Their gather-' Ing is on Lorn, as in the days of other yean*. t'in<ral comes like a watery column of mist; his heroes are around: And see the hards of song, gray-haired Vllin I Btatcly Ityno I Alpin with the tuneful voice 1 the soft complaint of Minona! How...
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The Green Ray

Jules Verne - 1883 - 360 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 ! " Then silence followed, and they all went back to the little room at the inn. Meanwhile, however...
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British Classical Authors. Select Specimens of the National Literature of ...

Ludwig Herrig - 1885 - 752 pages
...behold, fair light? But thou dost smile and depart. The waves come with joy around thee: they bathe N ȳ * Minona came forth in her beauty, with down-cast look and tearful eye. Her hair flew slowly on the blast,...
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The Life and Letters of James Macpherson: Containing a Particular Account of ...

Thomas Bailey Saunders - Bards and bardism in literature - 1894 - 350 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 1 " And it does arise in its strength ! I behold my departed friends. Their gathering is on Lora, as...
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Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Volume 27

Charles Dudley Warner - Literature - 1896 - 472 pages
...behold, fair light? But thou dost smile and depart. The waves come with joy amund 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, gray-haired Ullin! stately Ryno! Alpin with the tuneful voice! the soft complaint of...
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The Poems of Ossian

Celts - 1896 - 460 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...friends. Their gathering is on Lora, as in the days of others years. Fingal comes like a watery column of mist; his heroes are around. And see the bards of...
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The Poems of Ossian

Celts - 1896 - 466 pages
...in its strength ! I behold my departed friends. Their gathering is on Lora, as in the days of others years. Fingal comes like a watery column of mist; his heroes are around. And see the bards of song, grey-haired UllinI stately Ryno! Alpin,* with the tuneful voice! the soft complaint...
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