 Clutha was removed from its place " by the fall of the walls. The thistle shook there its " lonely head : The moss whistled to the wind. The " fox looked out from the windows; the rank grass " of the wall waved round his head. Desolate is the " dwelling...  The Poems of Ossian - Página 1571803Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1805 - 538 páginas
...nettles I • " I have leen the walls of Balclutha, but they were deli.late. The fire h»d n ..m il ii in the halls; and the voice of the people is heard no more. The thillle (book, there, its lonely head) the mois whittled to the wind. The fox looked out from the window,... | |
 | Thomas Love Peacock - 1806 - 168 páginas
...she may rest with the fair of MORVEN, the sun-beams of other days, and the delight of heroes of old. I have seen the walls of BALCLUTHA, but they were desolate. The fire had resounded in the halls : the voice of the people was heard no more. The stream of CLUTHA was removed from its place, by the... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1808 - 330 páginas
...strong colours, and is remarkable for touching the heart. He thus pourtrays the ruins of Balclutha : " I have seen the walls " of Balclutha ; but they were desolate. The fire <! had resounded within the halls ; and the voice of " the people is now heard no more. The stream of " Clutha was removed... | |
 | 1847 - 760 páginas
...powerfully, and a graphic description may be transferred from paper to the canvass, as the following : " I have seen the walls of Balclutha, but they were desolate. The flames had resounded in the hall, and the voice of the people is heard no more. The stream of Clutha... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1816 - 452 páginas
...Half of them dare not shake the snow from off their cassocks, lest they shake themselves to pieces. I have seen the walls of Balclutha, but tHey were desolate. The flames had resounded in the halls ; and the voice of the people is heard no more. The stream of Clutha... | |
 | Henry Home (lord Kames.), Lord Henry Home Kames - 1817 - 532 páginas
...Half of them dare not shake the snow from off their cassocks, lest they shake themselves to pieces. I have seen the walls of Balclutha, but they were desolate. The flames had resounded in the halls; and the voice of the people is heard no more. The stream of Clutha... | |
 | William Hargrove - 1818 - 462 páginas
...— LIST of PLATES, and ERRATA to Vol. I. of THE E^LRJLIEST TO THE PRESENT TIME. " I have seen (he walls of Balclutha — but they were desolate ! The...fire had resounded in the halls, and the voice of the warrior is heard no more." Ossian. SECTION I. Situation — Antiquity — Etymology, Similarity to... | |
 | William Hargrove - 1818 - 466 páginas
...&c. INDEX — LIST of PLATES, and ERRATA to Vol. I. of FROM THE EARLIEST JLGES tO THB PRESENT TIME. " I have seen the walls of Balclutha — but they were desolate ! The fire had resounded in (he halls, and the voice of the warrior in heard no more." Onion. SECTION I. Situation — Antiquity... | |
 | Henry Marie Brackenridge - 1818 - 368 páginas
...saw them long after, could scarcely refrain from swearing in his heart eternal haired to Britain. "1 have seen the walls of Balclutha, but they were desolate; the fire had resounded in their halls." On the consultation of the president with the heads of departments, it was resolved to... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1818 - 300 páginas
...strong colours, and is remarkable for touching the heart- He thus portrays the ruins 6i Balclutha ; "1 have seen the walls of Balclutha ; but they were desolate. The fire had' resounded within the halts'; arid the voice of the people is now heard no more. The stream of Clutha was removed... | |
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