 O sun, in the strength of thy youth! Age is dark and unlovely; it is like the glimmering light of the moon when it shines through broken clouds, and the mist is on the hills: the blast of the north is on the plain; the traveller shrinks in the midst of...  The Poems of Ossian - Page 751790Full view - About this book
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1800 - 648 pages
...clouds, care-left of the voice of the morning.— —Exult then, O fun, in the drength of thy youth. Age is dark and unlovely ; it is like the glimmering light of the moon *, when it (bines through broken clouds, and the mid is on the hilts ; the blad of the north is on the plain,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1762 - 666 pages
...thy clouds, carelefs of the voice of the morning. - Exult then, O fun, in the ftrength of thy youth. Age is dark and unlovely ; it is like the glimmering light of the moon *, when it mines through broken clouds, .and die mift is on the hills ; the blaft of the north is on the plain,... | |
 | History - 1762 - 618 pages
...thy clouds, carelefs of the voice of the morning. Exult then, О fun, in the ftrength of thy youth. Age is dark and unlovely ; it is like the glimmering light of the moon *, when it ihines through broken clouds, and the mill is on the hills ; the blaft of the north is on the plain,... | |
 | Bards and bardism - 1765 - 416 pages
..."* iclouds, carelefs of the voice of the morning* Exult then, O fun, in the ftrength of thy youth ! Age is dark and unlovely ; it is like the glimmering...clouds, and the mift is on the hills ; the blaft of the north is on the plain, the traveller fhrinks in the midft of his journey. THE THE . i DEATH of... | |
 | Literature - 1781 - 316 pages
...clouds, carelefs of the voice of the " morning. Exult, then, O Sun, in the " ftrength of thy youth ! Age is dark and " unlovely; it is like the glimmering..." the moon when it fhines through broken " clouds ; the blaft of the north is on the " plain, and the traveller flmnks in the midH * of his journey."... | |
 | Scottish Gaelic poetry - 1783 - 274 pages
...Hide their diminish'd heads ; ro thee I call , But with no friendly voice ; and add thy name/ O Sun ! is dark and unlovely ; it is like the glimmering light of the moon , when it shinesthrough broken clouds , and the mi ft is on the hills; the blaft of the north is on the plain... | |
 | Ossian - 1790 - 446 pages
...thy clouds, carelefs of the voice of the morning. Exult then, O fun ! in the ftrength of thy youth ! Age is dark and unlovely ; it is like the glimmering...the traveller fhrinks in the midft of his journey. -* OIN AM ORUL POEM. VOL, I. H AR GU MEN T. After an addrefs to Malvina, the daughter of Tofear, Offian... | |
 | 1791 - 822 pages
...thy clouds, carelcfs of the voice of the moming. Exult then, О Sun, in the ftrcngth of thy youth ! Age is dark and unlovely ; it is like the glimmering light of the moon when it mines through broken clouds ; the blaft of the north is on the plain, and the traveller (hrinks in... | |
 | English literature - 1779 - 756 pages
...thy clouds carelefs of the voice of the morning. Exult then, О Sun, in the ftrength of thy youth ! Age is dark and unlovely ; it is like the glimmering light of the moon when it {hiñes through broken clouds ; the blaft of the North is on the plain, and the traveller fhrinks in... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 430 pages
...clouds, care•lefs of the voice of the morning. — Exult then, О fun, in the ftrength of thy youth ! age is dark and unlovely ; it is like the glimmering light of the moon, when it mines through broken clouds, and the mill is on the hills, the howling blaft of the north is on the... | |
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