 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 thy half-worn shield.  The Poems of Ossian - Page 238by Hugh Campbell - 1822 - 700 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ossian - 1805 - 244 pages
...mourning, O bards, 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...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
...О bards, 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"...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
...mourning, oh bards, 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?...empty court, and whistles round thy half-worn shield. — OSSIAN. THE VISIONS OF JLOVE. Senza 1'amabile Dio di Citera, I di non tornano Di primavera ; Non... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Sir John Carr - Ireland - 1806 - 366 pages
...has become a dreary desert. The venerable remains of this city reminded 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 desartcomes: it howls in... | |
 | Sir John Carr - Scotland - 1809 - 328 pages
...the winged day ? Thou lookesf from thy towers to-day; yet, a few days, and the blast .of the desart comes ; it howls in thy empty court, and whistles round thy half-worn shield." Its many roofless apartments, its massy sombre walls, corroded by time and the elements, its shattered... | |
 | Christiane Derobert-Ratel - Aix-en-Provence (France) - 1809 - 590 pages
...the winged day ? Thou lookest from thy towers to-day; yet, a few days, and the blast of the desart comes; it howls in thy empty court, and whistles round thy half-worn shield." Its many roofless apartments, its massy sombre walls, corroded by time and the elements, its shattered... | |
 | Lady Morgan (Sydney) - 1812 - 486 pages
...generally 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
...song of 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
...them in the Imperial Magazine. I am, Sir, respectfully, Sec. ALEXANDER. Downpatrict, 26th May, 1821. " Why dost thou build the hall ? Son of the winged days...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 on green Morven... | |
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