 | John Bell - 1791 - 294 lehte
...Thro' skies where I could count each little star. The fanning west wind scarcely stirs the leaves I 46* The river, rushing o'er its pebbled bed, Imposes silence...place as this, at such an hour, If ancestry can be in ought believed, Descending spirits .have convers'd with man, And told the secrets of the world unknown.... | |
 | 1797 - 462 lehte
...DoKglai. THIS is the place, the centre of the grove ; Thro' skies where I could count each little star. The fanning west wind scarcely stirs the leaves !...place as this, at such an hour, If ancestry can be in ought believed, Descending spirits have convers'd with man, And told the secrets of the world unknown,... | |
 | John Bell - 1797 - 462 lehte
...Thro' skies where I could count each little star. The fanning west wind scarcely stirs the leaves! 460 The river, rushing o'er its pebbled bed, Imposes silence...place as this, at such an hour, If ancestry can be in ought believed, Descending spirits have convers'd with man, And told the secrets of the world unknown.... | |
 | Nicholas Rowe - 1797 - 452 lehte
...fanning west wind scarcely stirs the leaves ! 460 The river, rushing o'er its pebbled bed, Imposes^ilence with a stilly sound. In such a place as this, at such an hour, If ancestry can be in ought believed, Descending spirits have convers'd with man, And told the secrets of the world unknown.... | |
 | 1804 - 486 lehte
...scene ! The silver moon, unclouded, holds her way Through skies where Í could count each little star. The fanning west wind scarcely stirs the leaves ; The river, rushing o'er its pebbled l>cd, Imposes silence with a stilly sound. In such a place as this, at such an hour, If ancestry can... | |
 | Ossian - 1805 - 656 lehte
...roar. '+ An if a spirit of their lathers spoke./roni a cloud of night.] HOME'S Douglas, infra, v. +. In such a place as this, at such an hour, If ancestry can be in aught believed, Descending spirits have conversed with man, And told the secrets of the world unknown. are... | |
 | John Brand - 1810 - 508 lehte
...know not whether to call more comical or more pointedly satirical. •f Thus also in Home's Douglas: In such a Place as this, at such an Hour, If Ancestry...with Man, And told the Secrets of the World unknown. In Scotland, Children dying unbaptized (called Tarans) were supposed to wander in Woods and Solitudes,... | |
 | John Brand - 1810 - 510 lehte
...we know not whether to call more comical or more pointedly tatyrical. i Thus also in Home's Douglas: In such a Place as this, at such an Hour, If Ancestry...aught believ'd, Descending Spirits have convers'd with Mau, . . Aud told (he Secrets of the World unknown. In Scotland, Children dying unliaptized (called... | |
 | British drama - 1811 - 624 lehte
...scene ! The silver moon, unclouded, holds her way Through skies where I could count each little star. The fanning west wind scarcely stirs the leaves ;...this, at such an hour, If ancestry can be in aught believed, Descending spirits have conversed with man, And told the secrets of the world unknown. Enter... | |
 | 1811 - 620 lehte
...scene ! The silver moon, unclouded, holds her way Through skies where I could count each little star. The fanning west wind scarcely stirs the leaves ;...silence with a stilly sound. In such a place as this, at snch an hour, If ancestry can be in aught believed, Descending spirits have conversed with man, And... | |
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This is the place, the centre of the grove ; Here stands the oak, the monarch of the wood. How sweet and solemn is this midnight scene The silver moon, unclouded, holds her way Through skies, where I could count each little star. The fanning west wind... 
