 | London univ, King's coll - 1842 - 686 pages
...happiness too upon earth, where modest Virtue dwells. RUINS. " I have seen the walls of Balclutha, but they were desolate. The fire had resounded in the halls; and the voice of the pcople is heard no more. The thistle shook there its lonely head : the moss whistled to the wind. The... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...ocean roll its white waves in light. [Desolation of Ва1сШ1ш."\ I have seen the walls of Balclutha, retarded brine, And search for crimson weeds, which spreading flow, Or lie like pictures to the wind. The fox looked out from the windows; the rank grass of the wall waved round its head.... | |
 | George Willson - American literature - 1844 - 300 pages
...thou has not been ashamed ; These deeds shall thy memorial be ; Fear not, thou didst them unto me." of the people is heard no more. The stream of Clutha...thistle shook there its lonely head : the moss whistled to the wind. The fox looked out from the windows : and the rank grass of the wall waved around his... | |
 | Robert Sears - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1844 - 514 pages
...partner in it." 458 459 THE RUINS OF ANCIENT CITIES.— No. II. " I have seen the walls of Balclutha, but they were desolate. The fire had resounded in...voice of the people is heard no more ; the stream ofClutha was removed from its place by the fall of the walls ; the thistle shook there its lonely head,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...ocean roll its white waves in light. [Detolation of Balclvtha.] I hare Been the walla of Balclutha, th all his might. ! FROH 1780 CYCLOPAEDIA OF TILL THE PRESENT IIMÍX Toice of the people is heard no more. The stream of Glut ha was removed from its place by the fall... | |
 | James Grant - 1846 - 372 pages
...him : 'tis now so dark, that I cannot see where they are." CHAPTER III. ANOTHER NIGHT AT MERIDA. " The fire had resounded in the halls; and the voice of the people is heard no more Desolate is the dwelling of Moina : silence is in the house of her fathers." Ossian's Poems, — Carthon.... | |
 | Bards and bardism - 1847 - 400 pages
...heroes of old. I have seen the walls of Balclutha, but they were desolate. The fire had resounded ip the halls; and the voice of the people is heard no...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 its head.... | |
 | Bards and bardism - 1847 - 398 pages
...Morven, the sun-beams of other days, the delight of heroes of old. I have seen the walls of Balclutha, but they were desolate. The fire had resounded in...Clutha was removed from its place by the fall of the vails. The thistle shook there its lonely head : the moss whistled to the wind. The fox looked out... | |
 | Robert Turnbull - Scotland - 1847 - 396 pages
...the Latin vallum, a wall. " 1 have seen the walls of Balclutha," sings Ossian, in the poem of'Carron, "but they were desolate. The fire had resounded in...voice of the people is heard no more. The stream of the Clutha (Clyde) was removed from its place by the fall of the walls. The thistle shook here its... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1847 - 516 pages
...shake themselves to pieces. I have seen the walls of Balelutha, 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 wus removed from its place by the fall of the walls. The thistle shook 'here its lonely head : the... | |
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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... 
