 Dost thou force me from my place?' replied the hollow voice. 'The people bend before me. I turn the battle in the field of the brave. I look on the nations, and they vanish ; my nostrils pour the blast of death. I come abroad on the winds ; the tempests...  The Poems of Ossian - Page 631812Full view - About this book
 | Ossian - 1805 - 244 pages
...replied the holiow voice ? The people bend before me. I turn the battle in the field of the valiant. I look on the nations, and they vanish : my nostrils pour the blast of death. I •ome abroad on the winds : the tempests are before my face. But my dwelling is calm, above the clouds... | |
 | Ossian - 1805 - 648 pages
...divinity "and those of the true God, as they are described in the 18th Psalm.1' Ossian, 1st edit. 15 / look on the nations and they vanish : my nostrils pour the blast of death.] By the blast of God they perish, by the breath of bis nostrils are they consumed." Job, iv. 9. " There... | |
 | Ossian - 1806 - 366 pages
...thou force me from my place, replied the hollow voice? The people bend before me. I turn the battle in the field of the brave. I look on the nations, and...above the clouds; the fields of my rest are pleasant. * He is described, in a simile, in the poem concerning the death of CuthuUin. Dwell in thy pleasant... | |
 | Richard Millar - 1811 - 356 pages
...replied the hollow voice? The people bend before me. I turn the battle in the field of the valiant. I look on the nations, and they vanish; my nostrils pour the blast of death." It is afterwards added, " Fly to thy land, replied * Dicuntur gemmae pestes, cognomine Diree; Quas... | |
 | Robert Henry - Great Britain - 1814 - 534 pages
...are " before my face. The blafts are in the hollow "of my hand : the courfe of the ftorm is mine. " But my dwelling is calm, above the clouds : " the fields of my reft are pleafant."" s VerGfica- The ancient poets of Britain, and of the other tion. nations of Europe,... | |
 | John Pierpont - Recitations - 1823 - 492 pages
...replied the hollow voice : " The people bend before me. I turn the battle in the field of the valiant. I look on the nations and they vanish : my nostrils...on the winds : the tempests are before my face. But tay dwelling is c>ilm, above the clouds ; the fields of my rest are pleasant." " Dwell then m thy calm... | |
 | Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 pages
...force me from my place ? replied the hollow voice. The people bend before me. I turn the battle in the field of the brave. I look on the nations, and...they vanish: my nostrils pour the blast of death. I came abroad on the winds : the tempests are before my face. But my dwelling is calm, above the clouds;... | |
 | John Mason Good - Natural history - 1826 - 454 pages
...and fly!' " ' Dost thou force me from my place ?' replied the hollow voice. ' I turn the battle in the field of the brave. I look on the nations, and...my face. But my dwelling is calm above the clouds; pleasant are the fields of my rest.' " « Dwell in thy pleasant fields,' said the king. iLet Comhall's... | |
 | John Mason Good - Natural history - 1828 - 540 pages
...!' " * Dost thou force me from my place ?' replied the hollow voice. ' I turn the battle in the Geld of the brave. I look on the nations, and they vanish...my face. But my dwelling is calm above the clouds ; pleasant are the fields of my rest.' " ' Dwell in thy pleasant fields,' said the king. ' Let Comhall's... | |
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