 I have seen the walls of Balclutha, but they were desolate. The fire bad 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...  The Poems of Ossian - Page 2491810Full view - About this book
 | Charles Carroll Bombaugh - Anthologies - 1875 - 868 pages
...beautiful word-picture : — I have seen the walls of Balclutha, but they are desolate : the flames had resounded in the halls, and the voice of the people is heard no more ; the stream of Cutha was removed from its place by the fall of the walls ; the thistle shoots there its lowly head;... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1881 - 368 pages
...journey. DESOLATION OF BALCLUTHA. 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. Tho stream of Clutha was removed from its place by the fall of the walls. The thistle shook there its... | |
 | Sir James MacPherson Le Moine - Monuments - 1882 - 572 pages
...white-bosomed " Moina : — " 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 thistle shook there its lonely head ; the moss whistled to the wind. The fox looked out of the windows;... | |
 | Sir James MacPherson Le Moine - Québec (Québec) - 1890 - 162 pages
..."white bosomed" Moina:—"I have scen the walls of Balelutha, but they were desolate. The fire had resounded in the halls : and the voice of the people is heard no more. The thistle shook there its lonely head; the moss whistled to the wind. The fox looked outfrom the window.-... | |
 | John Duncan Quackenbos - English language - 1896 - 492 pages
...following, from Ossian ! — " I have seen the walls of Balclutha, but they were desolate. The flames had resounded in the halls, and the voice of the people...the fall of the walls. The thistle shook there its lovely head; the moss whistled to the wind. The fox looked out from the windows; and the rank grass... | |
 | 1901 - 1002 pages
...and the voice of fhe peopla is heard no tnore . . . The. stream of Cfutka was removed from its plan- by the fall of the walls. The thistle shook there its lonely head, the moss ichistled to the wind. The fax looked from the window, the rank grass of the wall waved round its head... | |
 | Friedrich Wilmsen - 1903 - 38 pages
...verfasste. / have seen the walls of Balclutha, Imt they werf desolate. The fire has resounded in the hall and the voice of the people is heard no more . . ....removed from its place by the fall of the walls. The thistte shook there its lonehj head, the moss whistled to the wind. The fox looked from the window,... | |
 | Friedrich Wilmsen - 1903 - 44 pages
...verfasste.' I have seen the walls of Balclutha, but they were desolate. The fire has resounded in the hall and the voice of the people is heard no more . . ....stream of Clutha was removed from its place by the fall o/ the walls. The thistle shook there its lonely head, the moss whistled to the wind. The fox looked... | |
 | Margaret Lynn - English poetry - 1907 - 506 pages
...delight of the heroes of old. I have seen the walls of Balclutha, but they are desolate. The fire had resounded in the halls: and the voice of the people is heard no more. The stream of Clutha is removed from its place, by the fall of the moss whistled to the wind. The fox looked out from the... | |
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