 | Sir Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller - English literature - 1913 - 590 pages
...sings: I behold my departed friends. Their gathering is on lona, as in the days of other years. Fingall comes like a -watery column of mist! his heroes are around: and see the bards of song, grey-haired Ullin; stately Byno! Alpin with the tuneful voice! the soft complaint of... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - German literature - 1914 - 340 pages
...behold, fair light? But thou dost smile and depart. Thy 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, grey-haired Ullin! stately Ryno! Alpin, with the tuneful voice! the soft complaint of... | |
 | J W Von Goethe, Theodor Fontane, Gottfried Keller, Theodor Storm - Fiction - 1917 - 556 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... | |
 | 588 pages
...sings: I behold my departed friends. Their gathering is on Iona, as in the days of other years. Fingall comes like a watery column of mist! his heroes are around: and see the bards of song, grey-haired Ullin; stately Ryno! Alpin with the tuneful voice! tin soft complaint of... | |
 | Poetry - 1926 - 482 pages
...Farewell, thou silent beam 1 Let the light of Ossian's soul arise 1 And it does arise in its strength 1 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... | |
 | Sir Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller - English literature - 1917 - 488 pages
...sings: I behold my departed friends. Their gathering is on lona, as in the days of other years. Fingall comes like a watery column of mist ! his heroes are around : and see the bards of song, grey-haired Ullin; stately Ryno! Alpin with the tuneful voice! the soft complaint of... | |
 | David Quint - Literary Criticism - 1993 - 448 pages
...evening star in a typical scene of romantic inspiration, and then seeks his own inner illumination.8 Let the light of Ossian's soul arise! And it does...as in the days of other years. Fingal comes like a watry column of mist! his heroes are around: and see the bards of song . . . (1:425) Lake the living... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Fiction - 1995 - 316 pages
...behold, fair light? But thou dost smile and depart. Thy 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 — gray-haired Ullin! stately Ryno. Alpin with the tuneful voice! the soft complaint... | |
 | Jennifer Radden - History - 2002 - 394 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...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... | |
 | Wolf Gerhard Schmidt - Literary forgeries and mystifications - 2003 - 612 pages
...der Gegenwart mitunter sogar übertroffen werden. Daher klagt Ossian am Beginn der Songs of Selma: 1 behold my departed friends. Their gathering is on Lora, as in the days that are past. Fingal comes like a watry column of mist; his heroes are around. And see the bards of... | |
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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... 
