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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. But to Ossian thou lookest in vain ; for he beholds thy beams no more, whether thy yellow hair flows on... "
The poems of Ossian, tr. by J. Macpherson. To which are prefixed ... - Page 14
by Ossian - 1805
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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, Volume 2

James Macpherson - Scottish Gaelic poetry - 1805 - 336 pages
...when thunder rolls, and lightning flies ; thou lookest in thy beauty, from the clouds, and laughest at the storm. But to 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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The poems of Ossian, tr. by J. Macpherson. Blair's critical ..., Volume 1

Ossian - 1806 - 366 pages
...when thunder rolls, and lightning flies; thou lookest in thy beauty, from the clouds, and laughest at the storm. But to Ossian, thou lookest in vain; for...west. But thou art perhaps, like me, for a season; thy years will have an end. Thou shalt sleep in the clouds, careless of the voice of the morning. Exult...
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History of Great Britain, from the Revolution, 1688, to the ..., Volume 1

William Belsham - 1806 - 646 pages
...thou lookest in thy beauty from the clouds, and Jaughest at the storm. But to Ossian thou lookest ia vain ! for he beholds thy beams no more ; whether thy yellow hair flows on the eastern cloud, or thou tremblest at the gates t)f the west.'1 ilie chace and of war, forced them to great BOOKI....
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The British Essayists;: Mirror

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1807 - 336 pages
...thunder rolls, and lightning ' flies, thou lookest in thy beauty from the clouds, ' and laughest at the storm. But to Ossian thou • lookest in vain...for a season, and ' thy years will have an end. Thou shall sleep in ' thy clouds, careless of the voice of the morning. ' Exult then, O sun, in the strength...
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The American Orator, Or, Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: Comprehending ...

Increase Cooke - American literature - 1811 - 428 pages
...when thunders roll, and lightnings fly, thou lookest in thy beauty from the clouds, and laughest at the storm. But to Ossian thou lookest in vain ; for he beholds thy beams no more j E whether thy yellow hair flows on the eastern cloud, or thou tremblest at the gates of the west....
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The Poems of Ossian, Volume 2

Scottish Gaelic poetry - 1812 - 370 pages
...thunder rolls, and lightning flies ; thou lookest in thy beauty, from the • clouds, and laughest at the storm. But to Ossian, thou lookest in vain; for...hair flows on the eastern clouds, or thou tremblest at'the gates of the west. But thou art perhaps, like me, for a season ; thy years will have an end....
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The Port Folio

Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1813 - 716 pages
...the clouds, and tangliest at the storm. But to Ossian thou lookest in, vain: for he beholds thy beam no more; whether thy yellow hair flows on the eastern clouds, or thou trembiest at the gates of the west But thou art perhaps like me for a season, and thy years will have...
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The Columbian Reader: Comprising a New and Various Selection of Elegant ...

Rodolphus Dickinson - Elocution - 1815 - 214 pages
...rolls, and lightning flies ; thou lookest in thy beauty, from the clouds, and laughest at 'he storm. Cut to Ossian, thou lookest in vain ; for he beholds thy...flows on the eastern clouds, or thou tremblest at the Spates of the west. But thou art perhaps like me for a season, and thy years will have an end. Thou...
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Scraps

Francis Wrangham - Bible - 1816 - 482 pages
...former, in the midst of his sublime apostrophe to the Sun (at the end «f hia ' Carthon ') says ; " But to Ossian thou lookest in vain, for he beholds...whether thy yellow hair flows on the eastern clouds, m thou tremblest at the gates of the west." See PL iii. 41. " But not to me returns" &c. quoted in...
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