 The oaks of the mountains fall; the mountains themselves decay with years; the ocean shrinks and grows again; the moon herself is lost in heaven; bat thou art for ever the same, rejoicing in the brightness of thy course. When the world is dark with tempests,...  The Poems of Ossian - Page 2611810Full view - About this book
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1856 - 590 pages
...years ; the ocean shrinks and grows again • the moon herself is lost in heaven : but thou art forever the same, rejoicing in the brightness of thy course....and lightning flies, thou lookest in thy beauty from tho clouds, and laughest at the storm. But to Ossian thou lookest in vain, for he beholds thy beams... | |
 | Thomas Maclauchlan - Celtic literature - 1857 - 184 pages
...themselves decay with years ; the ocean shrinks and grows again ; the moon herself is lost in heaven ; but thou art for ever the same, rejoicing in the brightness...the clouds, and laughest at the storm. But to Ossian H thou lookest in vain, for he beholds thy beams no more, whether thy yellow hair flows on the eastern... | |
 | James A. Maitland - American fiction - 1858 - 474 pages
...mountains themselves decay with years ; the ocean shrinks and grows again ; the moon herself is lost in the brightness of thy course. When the world is...beauty from the clouds, and laughest at the storm.' " Or, look forward at yonder peak on the Hardanger Fjeld, and at the clouds which obscure its base,... | |
 | Lucius Osgood - Elocution - 1858 - 494 pages
...themselves in the sky ; the moon, cold and pale, sinks in the western wave ; but thoa thyself movest alone. When the world is dark with tempests, when thunder...in thy beauty from the clouds, and laughest at the Btorm. united with a slight portion of pure tone ; and is used to express horror, terror, wonder, amazement,... | |
 | Thomas Buckley Smith - 1858 - 310 pages
...in the sky ; the moon, cold and pale, sinks in the western wave. The oaks of the mountains fall, but thou art for ever the same, rejoicing in the brightness...course. When the world is dark with tempests, — when thunders roll and lightnings fly, — thou lookest from thy throne in the clouds, and laughest at the... | |
 | Worthy Putnam - Elocution - 1858 - 420 pages
...brightness of thy course. 3. When the world is dark with tempests, when thunders roll and lightnings fly, thou lookest in thy beauty from the clouds, and laughest at the storm. But to Ossiau thou lookest in vain ; for he beholds thy beams no more ; whether thy yellow hair flows on the... | |
 | Salem Town - Readers - 1859 - 496 pages
...lost in the heavens ; but thou art forever the same, rejoicing in the brightness of thy course. 3. When the world is dark with tempests, when thunder...lookest in thy beauty from the clouds, and laughest at tho storm. But to Ossian thou lookest in vain; for he beholds thy beams no more, whether thy yellow... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1897 - 876 pages
...themselves decay with years ; the ocean shrinks and grows again ; the moon herself is lost in heaven ; but thou art for ever the same, rejoicing in the brightness of thy course. When the world is dark with tempest, when thunder rolls and lightning flies, thou lookest in thy beauty from the clouds, and laughest... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Elocution - 1863 - 528 pages
...years ; the ocean shrinks and grows again ; the moon herself is lost in heaven ; but thou art forever the same, rejoicing in the brightness of thy course....with tempests ; when thunder rolls, and lightning 10 flies ; thou lookest in thy beauty from the clouds, and laughest at the storm. But to Ossian, thou... | |
 | Truman Rickard - English language - 1863 - 152 pages
...years ; the ocean shrinks and grows again ; the moon herself is lost in heaven : but thou art forever the same, rejoicing in the brightness of thy course. When the world is dark witli tempests, when the thunder rolls and the lightning flies, thou lookest in thy beauty from the... | |
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