 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 - Page 1571803Full view - About this book
 | 1765 - 416 lehte
...heroes of old. — I have feen the walls f of Balclutha, but they were defolate. The fire had refounded in the halls : and the voice of the people is heard no more. The fiream of Clutha was removed from its place, by the fall of the walls. — The thiftle fhook, there,... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1772 - 398 lehte
...themfelves to pieces. I have feen the walls of Balclutha, but they were defolate. The flames had refounded in the 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... | |
 | 1783 - 282 lehte
...Carthon. « I have » feen the walls of Balclutha , but they were » defolate. The fire had refounded in the halls ; « and the voice of the people is heard no more. r, The ftream of Clutha was removed from its « place by the fall of the walls. The thiftle » shook... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1788 - 590 lehte
...to pieces. I have feen the walls of Balclutha, but they were deful.it i- . The flames had refounded in the halls ; and 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 fhopk there its lonely... | |
 | Ossian - 1790 - 446 lehte
...of heroes of old. I have feen the walls of Balclutha, but they were defolate. The fire had refounded in the halls : and the voice of the people is heard no more. The ftream of Glutha was removed from its place, by the fall of the walls. The thiftle ihook, there, its... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 446 lehte
...heroes of old. — 1 have feen the walls of Balclutha, but they were defulate. The fire had refounded in the halls ; and the voice of the people is heard no more. The ilream of Clutha was removed from its place by the fall of the walls. The thiftle Ihook, there, its... | |
 | 1804 - 554 lehte
...and nettles 1 " I have feen the walls of Balclutha, but they were defolate. The fire bad relounded in the halls ; and the voice of the people is heard no more. The thiftle fhook, there, its lonely head ; the mots whittled to the wind. The fox looked out from the... | |
 | Malcolm Laing - 1804 - 556 lehte
...and the " world is silent and dark." Fingal's descr^tion of the fallen Balclutha is truly poetical. " I have seen the• walls " of Balclutha, but they were desolate. The stream of " Clutha was removed from its place by the fall of the " walls. The thistle shook there its... | |
 | Ossian - 1805 - 262 lehte
...description of the young prince Cormac, in the same book ; and the ruins of Balclutha in Carthon. " I have seen the walls of Balclutha, but they were...the voice of the people is heard no more. The stream " ot'Clutha was removed from its place by the fall w " the walls. The thistle shook there its lonelvhtad:... | |
 | Ossian - 1805 - 648 lehte
...chapter of Isaiah, where the prophet foretells the destruction of Babylon. MACPUERSOÎÎ, Istedit. The fire had resounded in the halls: and the voice of the people is heard no more. The stream of Cliitha was removed from its place by the fall of the walls. The thistle shook, there, its lonely head... | |
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