 | 1803 - 350 страници
...bards ! over the land • of strangers. They have but fallen before us : for, one day, we must fall. Why dost thou build the hall, son of the winged days...blast of the desert comes ; it howls in thy empty court, and whistles round thy half-worn shield. And let the blast of the desert come ! we shall be... | |
 | Ossian - 1805 - 648 страници
...О bards, over the land of strangers. They have but fallen before us : for, one day, we must fall. Why dost thou build the hall, son of the winged days"...towers to-day ; yet a few years, and the blast of the desart comes*3; it howls in thy empty talions of the clasping ivy and the fox obscene. But the original... | |
 | Ossian - 1805 - 244 страници
...mourning, O bards, orer the land of strangers. They have but fallen before us : for, one day, we most fall. Why dost thou build the hall, son of the winged days...towers to-day ; yet a few years, and the blast of the desart comes ; it howls on thy empty coort, and whistles round thy half-worn shield. And let the blast... | |
 | James Macpherson - 1805 - 336 страници
...O bards ! over the land of strangers. They have but fallen before us : for, one day, we must fall. Why dost thou build the hall, son of the winged days ? Thou lookcst from thy towers to-day ; yet a few years, and the blast of the desert comes ; it howls in the... | |
 | Thomas Love Peacock - 1806 - 168 страници
...mourning, oh bards, over the land of strangers. They have but fallen before us: for, one day, we must fall. Why dost thou build the hall, son of the winged days?...the blast of the desert comes; it howls in thy empty court, and whistles round thy half-worn shield. — OSSIAN. THE VISIONS OF JLOVE. Senza 1'amabile Dio... | |
 | Ossian - 1806 - 366 страници
...Fingal'slawj were extant in hisown time. VOL. I. O us: for, one day, we must fall. Why tIo.sl1.hou build the hall, son of the winged days? Thou lookest...blast of the desert comes ; it howls in thy empty court, and whistles round thy half-worn shield. And let the blast of the desert come ! we shall be... | |
 | Sir John Carr - 1806 - 322 страници
...me of the words of Ossian. " Why dost " thou build the hall, son of the winged days ? Thou look'st " from thy towers to-day ; yet a few years, and the blast of " the desart comes : it howls in thy empty court" Stupendous mountains enclose this place on all sides, except... | |
 | Sir John Carr - 1806 - 366 страници
...has become a dreary desert. The venerable remains of this city reminded me of the words of Ossian. " Why dost thou build the hall, son of the winged days ? Thou " look'st from thy towers to-day ; yet a few years, and the blast of " the desartcomes: it howls in... | |
 | 1810 - 364 страници
...foreknowledge of events. O'Flaherty goes so far as to i&y, that Fingal's laws were extant iu hU own time. lookest from thy towers to-day; yet a few years, and...the blast of the desert comes; it howls in thy empty court, and whistles round thy half-worn shield. And let the blast of the desert com*! we shall be renowned... | |
 | Lady Morgan (Sydney) - 1812 - 486 страници
...generally concluding with an emphatic shake of the headj and a melancholy apostrophe from Qs&ian ; " Why' dost thou build the hall, son of the winged days ? thou lookest from thy tower to-day, yet a few years, and the blast of the desert shall come} it howls in thy empty court,... | |
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They have but fallen before us: for, one day, we must fall. Why dost thou build the hall, son of the winged days? Thou lookest from thy towers to-day; yet a few years, and the blast of the desert comes; it howls in thy empty court, and whistles round... 
