 ... land of strangers. They have but fallen before us : for, one day, we must fall. Why dost thou build the hall, son of the winged days ? Thou lookest from thy towers to-day ; yet a few years, and the blast of the desert comes ; it howls in thy empty...  Specimens of the Russian Poets - Page 861821 - 239 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Scottish Gaelic poetry - 1783 - 274 pages
...howls in thy empty court, and whiftles round thy half-worn shield. — And let the blaft of the defart come ! we shall be renowned in our day. The mark of my arm shall be in {he battle, and my name in the fong of bards. — Raife the long ; fend round the shell : and let joybe... | |
 | Bards and bardism - 1803 - 350 pages
...blast of the desert comes ; it howls in thy empty court, and whistles round thy half-worn shield. And let the blast of the desert come ! we shall be renowned...joy be heard in my hall. When thou, sun of heaven, shall fail ! if thou shalt fail, thou mighty light ! if thy brightness is for a season, like Fingal... | |
 | James Macpherson - Scottish Gaelic poetry - 1805 - 336 pages
...blast of the desert comes ; it howls in the empty court, and whistles round thy half-worn shield. And let the blast of the desert come ! we shall be renowned...hall. When thou, sun of heaven, shalt fail ! if thou shall fail, thou mighty light ! if thy brightness ie for a season, like Fingal ; our fame shall survive... | |
 | Ossian - 1805 - 244 pages
...howls on thy empty coort, and whistles round thy half-worn shield. And let the blast of the desart come ! we shall be renowned in our day. The mark of my arm shall be in the battle, Mid my name in the song of bards. gaise the song; send round the shell : and let joy be... | |
 | Ossian - 1806 - 366 pages
...blast of the desert comes ; it howls in thy empty court, and whistles round thy half-worn shield. And let the blast of the desert come ! we shall be renowned...round the shell: let joy be heard in my hall. When t hou, sun of heaven, shalt fail! if thou shall fail, thou mighty light ! if thy brightness is for... | |
 | Ossian - 1807 - 458 pages
...blast of the desert comes ; it howls in thy empty court, and whistles round thy half-worn shield. And let the blast of the desert come ! we shall be renowned...mark of my arm shall be in battle; my name in the many digressions from the subject, all which are in a lyric measure, as this song of Fingal. Fingal... | |
 | Scottish Gaelic poetry - 1812 - 370 pages
...blast of the desert comes ; it howls in the empty court, and whistles round thy halfworn shield. And let the blast of the desert come ! we shall be renowned...the shell : let joy be heard in my hall. When thou, son of heaven, shalt fail! if thou shalt fail, thou mighty light ! if thy brightness is for a season,... | |
 | Richard Clark - Madrigals, English - 1814 - 530 pages
...fall. Yet a few years, and the blast of the desert comes, And whistles round the half-worn shield. Let the blast of the desert come, We shall be renowned...shall be in battle, My name in the song of bards. Ossian. GLEE for Five Voices, WlLBYK.— 1609. in a valley as Alexis trips, He saw young Daphne sleeping... | |
 | John Bowring - English poetry - 1821 - 288 pages
...of the desert conies ; it howls in thy empty court, and whistles round thy half-worn shield. And " Let the glance of day brighten, Let its radiance be...my name in the song of bards. Raise the song, send ronrid the shell; let joy be heard in my hall. When thou, sun of heaven ! shalt fail — if thou shalt... | |
 | John Bowring - English poetry - 1821 - 290 pages
...of the desert comes ; it howls in thy empty court, and n liistlcs round thy half-worn shield. And " Let the glance of day brighten, Let its radiance be...blast of the desert come ! we shall be renowned in our Any. The mark of my arm shall be in battle ; my name in the song of bards. Raise the song, send round... | |
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