 | Ossian - 1805 - 244 pages
...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... | |
 | Ossian - 1805 - 648 pages
...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... | |
 | Thomas Love Peacock - Puritans - 1806 - 168 pages
...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...it howls in thy empty court, and whistles round thy half-worn shield. — OSSIAN. THE VISIONS OF JLOVE. Senza 1'amabile Dio di Citera, I di non tornano... | |
 | Ossian - 1806 - 366 pages
...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...it howls in thy empty court, and whistles round thy half-worn shield. And let the blast of the desert come ! we shall be renowned in our day! The mark... | |
 | Sir John Carr - Ireland - 1806 - 322 pages
...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... | |
 | Lady Morgan (Sydney) - 1812 - 486 pages
...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 - Civilization - 1813 - 536 pages
...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... | |
 | 664 pages
...Imperial Magazine. I am, Sir, respectfully, Sec. ALEXANDER. Downpatrict, 26th May, 1821. " Why dost thou build the hall ? Son of the winged days ! Thou lookest...it howls in thy empty court, and whistles round thy half-worn shield." OSSIAN. O ! mark yonder yonth, on the hill's summit bounding ! As light as the roe... | |
 | 1821 - 702 pages
...Magazine. I am, Sir, respectfully, &c. ALEXANDER. Daictipatrict, 2C(A May, 1821. " Why dost thon bnild the hall? Son of the winged days ! Thou lookest from...comes — it howls in thy empty court, and whistles ronnd thy half-worn shield." OSSIAN. Where flowers of enjoyments are spread io profusion, Which, soon... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1820 - 176 pages
...an Elm, in the Churchyard of Harrow on the Hill 159 POEMS. ON LEAVING NEWSTEAD ABBEY. 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 desart comes ; it howls in thy empty court. OSSIAN.... | |
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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... 
