 | Bards and bardism - 1765 - 416 pages
...Doft thou not behold, Malvina, a rock with its Head of heath ? Three aged firs bend from its face ; green is the narrow plain at its feet ; there the flower of the mountain grows, and makes its white head in the breeze. The thiftle is there alone, and fheds its aged beard. Two ftones,... | |
 | Poetry - 1773 - 432 pages
...Doft thou not behold, Malvina, a rock with its head of heath ? Three aged pines bend from its face ; green is the narrow plain at its feet ; there the flower of the mountain grows, and fhakes its white head in the breeze. The thiftle. is there alone, fhedding its aged beard. Two flones,... | |
 | Scottish Gaelic poetry - 1783 - 274 pages
...thou no: behold, Malvina-, a rock- with hs head of heath* Three aged firs bend from its face; £reen is the narrow plain at its feet; there the flower...the mountain grows, and shakes its white head in the breeie. The thiftle is there alone , and sheds its aged beard. Two ftones, half funk in the ground... | |
 | Ossian - 1790 - 446 pages
...Doft thou not behold, Malvina, a rock with its head of heath ? Three aged pines bend from its face ; green is the narrow plain at its feet; there the flower of the mountain grows, and fhakes its white head in the breeze. The thiftle is there alone, fhedding its aged beard. Two ftones,... | |
 | 1799 - 252 pages
...Doft thou not behold, Malvina, a rock with Its head of heath ? Three aged firs bend from its face; green is the narrow plain at its feet; there the flower of the mountain grows, and fliakes its white head in the breeze. The thiftle is there alone, and iheds its aged beard. Two ftones,... | |
 | Natham Drake - English literature - 1800 - 510 pages
...Dost thou not behold, Malvina, a rock with its head of heath? Three aged pines bend from its face; green is the narrow plain at its feet; there the flower...lie, O Malvina, in the narrow plain of the rock." * The second, relative to the equally wonderful discernment of the dog, is thus introduced in Fingal... | |
 | James Macpherson - Scottish Gaelic poetry - 1805 - 336 pages
...Dost thou not behold, Malvina, a rock with its head of heath ? Three aged pines bend from its face; green is the narrow plain at its feet ; there the...place, for he beholds a dim ghost standing there*. The * It was the opinion of the times, that deer saw the ghosts of the dead. To this day, when beasts suddenly... | |
 | Ossian - 1805 - 648 pages
...Dost thou not behold, Malvina, a rock with its head of heath ? Three aged pines bend from its face; green is the narrow plain at its feet ; there the...half sunk in the ground, shew their heads of moss 3. The deer of the mountain avoids the place; for he beholds a dim ghost standing there 4. The mighty... | |
 | Ossian - 1805 - 244 pages
...Dost thou nnt behold, Malvina, a rock with its head of heath ? Three aged firs bend from its face ; green is the narrow plain at its feet ; there the...white head in the breeze. The thistle is there alone, and sheds its aged beard. Two stones, half sunk in the ground, show their heads of moss. The deer of... | |
 | Ossian - 1807 - 458 pages
...Dost thou not behold, Malvina, a rock with its head of heath? Three aged pines bend from its face ; green is the narrow plain at its feet; there the flower...mighty lie, O Malvina! in the narrow plain of the rock. k It was the opinion of the times, that deer saw the ghosts of the dead. To this day, when beasts suddenly... | |
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Dost thou not behold, Malvina, a rock with its head of heath? Three aged pines bend from its face; green is the narrow plain at its feet ; there the flower of the mountain grows, and shakes its white head in the breeze. The thistle is there alone, shedding... 
