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" I have seen the walls of Balclutha, but they were desolate. The fire had resounded in the halls : and the voice of the people is heard no more. The stream of Clutha was removed from its place by the fall of the walls. The thistle shook, there, its lonely... "
Specimens, with memoirs, of the less-known British poets. With an intr ... - Page 300
edited by - 1881
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George I. George II

William Belsham - Great Britain - 1793 - 396 pages
...defolate. The fire had refounded in the halls, but the voice of the people is heard no more. The ftream of Clutha was removed from its place by the fall of the walls. The thiftle fhook there its lonely head ; the mofs whiftled to the wind. The fox looked out from the windows...
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Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts ..., Volume 7, Part 1

Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 446 pages
...from its place by the fall of the walls. The thiftle Ihook, there, its lonely head: the mofa whillled to the wind. The fox looked out from the windows ; the rank grafs of the wall waved round his head. Defolate is the dwelling of Moina : filence is in the houfe...
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The Poems of Ossian, the Son of Fingal, Volume 1

1799 - 252 pages
...defolate. The fire had refnumled w the halls: and the voice of the people is heard no mere. The ftream of Clutha was removed from its place, by the fall of the walls. The thiftle (hook, there, its lonely head; the mofs whittled to the wind. The fox looked ™t from the...
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The Anti-Jacobin Review and Protestant Advocate: Or, Monthly ..., Volume 2

Literature, Modern - 1799 - 614 pages
...refounded in the halls, but the voice of the people is heard no more. J \ more. The nrearn of Ckitha was removed from its place by the fall of the walls. The thiitle (book there its lonely he;<d ; the mofi whittled to the wind. The fox locked out from the windows...
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The History of Scotland: From the Union of the Crowns on the ..., Volume 2

Malcolm Laing - Gowrie Conspiracy, 1600 - 1800 - 500 pages
...Balclutha is truly poetical. " I have feen the walls " of Balclutha, but they were defojate. The ftream of " Clutha was removed from its place by the fall of the " walls. The thiftle fhook there its lonely head ; the " mofs whiftled to the winds. The fox looked out from " the...
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Essays on rhetoric: abridged chiefly from dr. Blair's lectures on that science

Hugh Blair - English language - 1801 - 374 pages
...had refounded within the: halls ; and the " voice of the people i» now heard no more. The " ftream of Clutha, was removed from its place, by the " fall of the walls ; the thiftle moot there its lonely " head; the mofs whiitled to the wind. The fox looked " out of the window;...
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Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Volume 2

Hugh Blair - English language - 1802 - 414 pages
...had refoundcd will in the halls ; and the ** voice of tie people hs. now heard no n-.ore. The llream of " Clutha was removed from its place, by the fall of the walls; " the thifile fhook there its lonely head ; the mofs whiftled to " the wind. The fox looked out of the window...
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Memoirs of the Kings of Great Britain of the House of Brunswic-Lunenburg

William Belsham - Great Britain - 1802 - 526 pages
...defolate. The fire had refounded in the halls, but the voice of the people is heard no more. The ftream of Clutha was removed from its place by the fall of the walls. The thiille fhook there its lonely head ; the mofs whiftled to the wind. The fox looked out from the windows...
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The Poems of Ossian, Volume 1

Bards and bardism - 1803 - 352 pages
...desolate. The fire had resounded in the " halls; and the voice of the people is heard no more. " The stream of Clutha was removed from its place " by the...windows; the rank grass " of the wall waved round his head. Desolate is the " dwelling of Moina; silence is in the house of her " fathers." Nothing also...
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The History of Scotland: From the Union of the Crowns on the ..., Volume 4

Malcolm Laing - Darnley murder - 1804 - 556 pages
...Balclutha is truly poetical. " I have seen the• walls " of Balclutha, but they were desolate. The stream of " Clutha was removed from its place by the...there its lonely head ; the moss " whistled to the winds. The. fox looked out from the " windows ; the rank grass of the walls waved around its " head."...
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