 | Ossian - 1805 - 648 ページ
...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 lookest...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 ページ
...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 ? thou lookest...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 ページ
...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 empty court, and whistles round thy half-worn shield. And let the blast of the desert come ! we... | |
 | Thomas Love Peacock - 1806 - 168 ページ
...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 lookest...empty court, and whistles round thy half-worn shield. — OSSIAN. THE VISIONS OF JLOVE. Senza 1'amabile Dio di Citera, I di non tornano Di primavera ; Non... | |
 | Sir John Carr - 1806 - 322 ページ
...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 - 1809 - 328 ページ
...the winged day ? Thou lookesf from thy towers to-day; yet, a few days, and the blast .of the desart comes ; it howls in thy empty court, and whistles round thy half-worn shield." Its many roofless apartments, its massy sombre walls, corroded by time and the elements, its shattered... | |
 | Christiane Derobert-Ratel - 1809 - 590 ページ
...the winged day ? Thou lookest from thy towers to-day; yet, a few days, and the blast of the desart comes; it howls in thy empty court, and whistles round thy half-worn shield." Its many roofless apartments, its massy sombre walls, corroded by time and the elements, its shattered... | |
 | 1810 - 364 ページ
...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...half-worn shield. And let the blast of the desert com*! we shall be renowned in our day! The mark of my arm shall be in battle; my name in the song of... | |
 | Lady Morgan (Sydney) - 1812 - 486 ページ
...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,... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1813 - 536 ページ
...mourning over " the strangers. One day we must fall ; and they have " only fallen before us. Why dost thou build the hall, " son of the winged days ! Thou lookest from thy towers " to day : soon will the blast of the desert come. It " howls in thy empty court, and whistles over... | |
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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 thy half-worn shield. 
