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" O thou that rollest above, round as the shield of my fathers ! Whence are thy beams, O sun ! thy everlasting light? Thou comest forth, in thy awful beauty ; the stars hide themselves in the sky ; the moon, cold and pale, sinks in the western wave. "
The Poems of Ossian - Page 100
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The Works of Ossian, the Son of Fingal, Volume 2

Scottish Gaelic poetry - 1783 - 274 pages
...delights to shine on the grave of Carthon : I feel it warm around. O thou tjiat rolleft above (i) , round as the shield of my fathers ! Whence are thy beams , O fun ! thy everlafting light ? Thoucomeft forth in thy awful beauty , and the ftars hide themfelvesin...
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The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volume 35

British essayists - 1802 - 216 pages
...remembrance of that herO| thus pours himself forth : — ' I feel the sun, O Malvina ! leave me to my rest. The beam of Heaven delights to shine on the grave...everlasting light ! Thou comest forth in thy awful beauty, and the stars hide themselves in the sky : The moon, cold and pale, sinks in the western wave, but...
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Select British Classics, Volume 31

English literature - 1803 - 308 pages
...Malvina ! leave me to my (' rest. The beam of heaven delights to shine on the " grave of Carlhon ; I feel it warm around. " O thou that rollest above,...shield " of my fathers ! whence are thy beams, O Sun t " thy everlasting light ? Thou comest forth in thy >; awful beauty, and the stars hide themselves...
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The History of Scotland: From the Union of the Crowns on the ..., Volume 4

Malcolm Laing - Scotland - 1804 - 558 pages
...exercises at the Divinity hall. The beginning is derived from Satan's address to the sun in Milton. " 0 thou that " rollest above, round as the shield of...comest forth in thy awful beauty ! the stars hide them" selves in the sky ; the moon, cold and pale, sinks in the " western wave ; but thou thyself movest...
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The History of Scotland: From the Union of the Crowns on the ..., Volume 4

Malcolm Laing - Darnley murder - 1804 - 556 pages
...exercises at the Divinity halL The beginning is derived from Satan's address to the sun in Milton. " O tbou that " rollest above, round as the shield of my fathers,...Thou " comest forth in thy awful beauty ! the stars bide tkem" selves in the sky ; the moon, cold and pale, sinks in the " western wave ; but thou thyself...
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The poems of Ossian, tr. by J. Macpherson. To which are prefixed ..., Volume 2

Ossian - 1805 - 244 pages
...dreams ; I think I hear 2 feeble voice. The beam of heaven delights to shine on the grave of Catthon : I feel it warm around. O thou that rollest above,...everlasting light ? Thou comest forth, in thy awful beauty, and the stars hide themselves in the sky; the moon, cold and pale, sinks in the western wave. But thou...
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The poems of Ossian, &c. containing the poetical works of J ..., Volume 1

Ossian - 1805 - 648 pages
...similar to Satan's address to the sun, in the fourth book of Paradise Lost. MACPHERSON, 1st edit. " О thou that rollest above, round as the shield of my fathers ! Whence are thy beams, О sun ! thy everlasting light ? Thou earnest forth in thy awful beauty ; the stars hide themselves...
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History of Great Britain, from the Revolution, 1688, to the ..., Volume 1

William Belsham - 1806 - 646 pages
...satisfactorily ascertained. Ossian's address to the sun, to adduce no other instance, is truly sublime : " O thou that rollest above, round as the shield of my fathers, whence are thy beams, O Sun ! whence thy everlasting light ? Thou comest forth in thy awful beauty ; and the stars hide themselves...
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The British Essayists;: Mirror

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1807 - 338 pages
...remembrance of that hero, thus pours himself forth : — ' I feel the sun, O Malvina ! leave me to my rest. The beam of Heaven delights to shine on the grave...everlasting light ! Thou comest forth in thy awful beauty, and the stars hide themselves in the sky : The moon, cold and pale, sinks in the western wave, but...
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The American Orator, Or, Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: Comprehending ...

Increase Cooke - American literature - 1811 - 428 pages
...inflexions slightly marked, approaching the Monotone. O thou that rollest above, round as the shield of iny fathers ! whence are thy beams, O sun ! thy eVerlasting...thy awful beauty; the stars hide themselves in the sk)-; the moon, cold and pale, sinks in the western wave. But thou thyself movest above ; who can be...
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