 A TALE of the times of old ! The deeds of days of other years ! The murmur of thy streams, O Lora, brings back the memory of the past. The sound of thy woods, Garmallar, is lovely in mine ear. Dost thou not behold, Malvina, a rock with its head of heath...  The Poems of Ossian, the Son of Fingal - Page 61799Full view - About this book
 | John Ross - English poetry - 1878 - 816 pages
...dark moss whistles there, and the distant mariner sees the waving trees. CARTHON. [Specimen. ] A tale of the times of old ! The deeds of days of other years ! The murmur of thy streams, O Lora, brings back the memory of the past. " The sound of thy woods,... | |
 | John Martine - Agriculture - 1883 - 436 pages
...others of the same kind which are to be found in East Lothian and elsewhere. These pillars tell A tale of the times of old, The deeds of days of other years. The farm of Standingstone gets its name from this stone. It was evidently brought along with its neighbour... | |
 | Thomas Bailey Saunders - Bards and bardism in literature - 1894 - 350 pages
...poems. It contains the well-known "Desolation of Balclutha," which has often been set to music. "A tale of the times of old ! The deeds of days of other years ! " The murmur of thy streams, O Lora ! brings back the memory of the past. The sound of thy woods,... | |
 | Celts - 1896 - 460 pages
...there. t The mighty lie, O Malvina ! in the narrow plain of the rock. A tale of the times of old I the deeds of days of other years ! Who comes from the land of strangers, with his thousands around him ? The sun-beam pours its bright stream before him ; his hair... | |
 | Sarah Louise Arnold, Charles Benajah Gilbert - Readers - 1898 - 344 pages
...This story is the foundation of the poem, which is addressed to Malvina, daughter of Tosca. A TALE of the times of old ! The deeds of days of other £\. years ! The murmur of thy streams, O Lora ! brings back the memory of the past. The sound of thy woods, Garmallar,... | |
 | Joseph Arthur Gibbs - Cotswold Hills (England) - 1899 - 498 pages
...view of the quaint houses and. the surrounding country. And now we may exclaim with Ossian, " A tale of the times of old! The deeds of days of other years !" For yonder, a mile away from the town, the kings of Mercia and Wessex fought a desperate battle... | |
 | 1901 - 452 pages
...of old! Sons of the chase, stand far distant! disturb not the dreams of Ossian! CARTHON A POEM. TALE of the times of old! The deeds of days of other years ! The murmur of thy streams, O Lora! -brings back the memory of the past. The sound of thy woods, Garmallar,... | |
 | Clans - 1903 - 284 pages
...feast on. How uniquely apt the following lines are in thought and expression as Celtic: — " A tule of the times of old ! The deeds of days of other years. The murmur of thy streams, О Lora ! brings back the memory of the past. The sound of thy woods, Garmallar,... | |
 | Walther Drechsler - 1904 - 94 pages
...Gray torrents pour their noisy streams III, 3. Wie ein stimmender Präludiumsakkord beschwört A tale of the times of old ! The deeds of days of other years! II, 127 die Vergangenheit herauf. 3. Jede Kunst ist verschmäht in den ruhigen, erzählenden Einsätzen... | |
 | Reuben Gold Thwaites - Mississippi River Valley - 1906 - 390 pages
...in honor of his native place. It was laid out (1836) by Paris and Sarah Mason. — ED. IX " A tale of the times of old! The deeds of days of other years! " OSSIAN. " Thou beautiful river! Thy bosom is calm And o'er thee soft breezes are shedding their balm;... | |
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