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" When the world is dark with tempests, when thunder rolls, and lightning flies, thou lookest in thy beauty from the clouds, and laughest at the storm. "
The British Essayists - Page 58
edited by - 1807
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Encyclopędia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts ..., Volume 3, Part 1

Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 430 pages
...; thou lookeftin thy beauty from the clouds, and laiighefl at the llorm. But to Offian thou lookell in vain : for he beholds thy beams no more ; whether thy yellow hair flows on the eaftern clouds, or thou tremblelt at the gates of the weft. But thou art, perhaps, like me, for a feafon...
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The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volume 35

British essayists - 1802 - 216 pages
...companion of thy course ? The oaks of the mountain fall ; the mountains themselves decay with years ; the ocean shrinks, and grows again ; the moon herself...flies, thou lookest in thy beauty from the clouds, and laughcst at the storm. But to Ossian thou lookest in vain ; for he beholds thy beams no mure ; whether...
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History of Great Britain from the Revolution to the Accession of the House ...

William Belsham - Great Britain - 1802 - 644 pages
...ffies, tbon looked in thy beauty from the clouds, and laugheft at the ftortn. Buc to Offian thou lookeft in vain ! for he beholds thy beams no more ; whether thy yellow hair flows on the uftern cloud, or thou troubled at the gatos of the weft." over mountains, along rocks, through morafles...
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Select British Classics, Volume 31

English literature - 1803 - 308 pages
...world is dark frith tem" pests ; when thunder rolls, and lightning flies, " thou lookest in thy benuty from the clouds, and " laughest at the storm. But...lookest " in vain ; for he beholds thy beams no more ; whe" ther thy yellow hair flows on the eastern clouds, or " thou tremblest at the gates of the west....
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The Poems of Ossian, Volume 2

James Macpherson - Scottish Gaelic poetry - 1805 - 336 pages
...for ever the same ; rejoicing in the brightness of thy course. When the world is dark with tempests : when thunder rolls, and lightning flies ; thou lookest...Ossian, thou lookest in vain ; for he beholds thy I beams no more ; whether thy yellow hair flows on the eastern clouds, or thou trcmblest at the gates...
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Report of the Committee of the Highland Society of Scotland, Appointed to ...

Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland - Literary forgeries and mystifications - 1805 - 532 pages
...; thou lookeil in thy beauty from the clouds, and laughcft at the Rorm. But to Offian, thou lookeft in vain ; for he beholds thy beams no more ; whether thy yellow hair flows on the cailern clouds, or thou treir.bleft at the gates of the weft. But thou art perhaps, like me, for a...
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The poems of Ossian, tr. by J. Macpherson. To which are prefixed ..., Volume 2

Ossian - 1805 - 244 pages
...for ever the same; rejoicing in the brightness of thy course. When the world is dark with tempests; when thunder rolls, and lightning flies; thou lookest in thy beauty, from the clouds, and laughest af the storm. But to Ossian thou lookest in vain ; for he beholds thy beams no more ; whether thy yellow...
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Report of the Committee of the Highland Society of Scotland, Appointed to ...

Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland - Literary forgeries and mystifications - 1805 - 526 pages
...; thou lookeft in thy beauty from the clouds, and laugheft at the ftorm. But to OHian, thou lookeft in vain ; for he beholds thy beams no more ; whether thy yellow hair flows on the eaftern clouds, or thou trcrrbleft at the gates of the weft. But thou art perhaps, like trie, for a...
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Report of the Committee of the Highland Society of Scotland, Appointed to ...

Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland - Literary forgeries and mystifications - 1805 - 528 pages
...; thou looked in thy beauty, from the clouds, and laughed at the dorm. But. to Oflian, thou looked in vain ; for he beholds thy beams no more ; whether thy yellow hair flows on tlie eadern clouds, or thou trembled at the gates of the weft. But thou art perhaps, like 'me, for...
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The poems of Ossian, &c. containing the poetical works of J ..., Volume 1

Ossian - 1805 - 648 pages
...brightness of everlasting light," in Newton's quotation from the Wisdom of Solomon. Supra +'. And " Thou lookest in thy beauty from the clouds, and laughest at the storm. Id. With surpassing lustre crowned, Look'stfrom thy sole dominion, like the god Of this new world....
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