 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 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 651790Full view - About this book
 | English literature - 1763 - 784 pages
...from its place by the fall of the walls. The thiftle fliook there its lonely head: the mois whittled to the wind. The fox looked out from the windows : the rank grafs of the wall waved around his head. Defolate i. the dwelling of Moina : filence is in the houfe of her lathers." Carthon... | |
 | Hugh Blair - Literary forgeries and mystifications - 1763 - 94 pages
...its " place by the fall of the walls. The thiltle fhook there its lonely " head: The mofs whittled to the wind. The fox looked out " from the windows; the rank grafs of the wall waved round " his head. Defolate is the dwelling of Moina; filence is in " the houfe of her fathers." Nothing alfo... | |
 | 1765 - 520 pages
..." and the voice of the people is heard no more. " The ftream of Ckuha was removed from its " place by the fall of the walls. The thiftle " fhook there...windows •, the rank grafs of the wall waved " round his head. Defolate is the dwelling of ** Moina ; filence is in the houfe of her fathers." Nothing alfo... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1772 - 398 pages
...halls: and the voice of the people is heard no more. The ftream of Cluiha was removed from its place by the fall of the walls. The thiftle fhook there its lonely head : the mofa whidled to the wind. The fox looked out from the windows: and (he rank grafs of the wall waved... | |
 | Scottish Gaelic poetry - 1783 - 274 pages
...more. The fttcam of Clutha was removed from its place, by the fall of the walls. — The thiftle shook, there, its lonely head : the mofs whiftled to the...the windows; the rank grafs of the wall waved round his head. — Defolate is the dwelling of Moina , filence is in the houf« of her fathers. — Raife... | |
 | Scottish Gaelic poetry - 1783 - 282 pages
...from its « place by the fall of the walls. The thiftle » shook there its lonely head. The rr.ofs whiftled » to the wind. The fox looked out from the...windows. The rank grafs of the wall waved » round his head. Defolate is the dwelling of » Moina ; filence is in the houfe of her fathers ». Nothing... | |
 | William Belsham - Great Britain - 1793 - 396 pages
...halls, but the voice of the people is heard no more. The ftream of Clutha was removed from its place by the fall of the walls. The thiftle fhook there...the windows ; the rank grafs of the wall waved round his head. Defolate is the dwelling of Moina ; filence is in the houfe of her fathers." In April 1736,... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 446 pages
...from its place by the fall of the walls. The thiftle Ihook, there, its lonely head: the mofa whillled to the wind. The fox looked out from the windows ; the rank grafs of the wall waved round his head. Defolate is the dwelling of Moina : filence is in the houfe of her fathers. Raiie the fong... | |
 | Malcolm Laing - Gowrie Conspiracy, 1600 - 1800 - 500 pages
...the walls " of Balclutha, but they were defojate. The ftream of " Clutha was removed from its place by the fall of the " walls. The thiftle fhook there its lonely head ; the " mofs whiftled to the winds. The fox looked out from " the windows ; the rank grafs of the walls waved around " its head."... | |
 | Ossian - 1801 - 338 pages
...halls : and the voice of the people is heard no more. The ftream of Clulha was removed from its place , by the fall of the walls. The thiftle fhook, there,...windows, the rank grafs of the wall waved round its head. Delblate is the dwelling of Moina, filence is in the houfe of her fathers. Raife the fong of mourning... | |
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