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" I have seen the walls of Balclutha, but they were desolate. The fire had resounded in the halls: and the voice of the people is heard no more. The stream of Clutha was removed from its place, by the fall of the walls. The thistle shook there its lonely... "
The Works of Ossian, the Son of Fingal - Page 397
1765
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The Genius of Scotland: Or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion

Robert Turnbull - Scotland - 1847 - 396 pages
...resounded in the halls ; and the voice of the people is heard no more. The stream of the Clutha (Clyde) was removed from its place by the fall of the walls. The thistle shook here its lonely head ; the moss whistled to the wind. The fox looked out from the windows...
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The Castles, Palaces, and Prisons of Mary of Scotland

Charles Mackie - Castles - 1850 - 556 pages
...IT. has resounded in the halls, and the voice of the people is heard no more. The stream of Clutha was removed from its place by the fall of the 'walls. The thistle shakes there its lonely head. The fox looks out from the window, the rank grass of the walls...
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The Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 1

Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 594 pages
...fire had resounded in the halls; and the voice of the people is heard no more. The stream of Clntha was removed from its place by the fall of the walls. The thistle shook there its lonely head ; the moss whistled to the wind. The fox looked out from the windows...
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European Historical Collections: Comprising England, Scotland, with Holland ...

John Warner Barber - Belgium - 1855 - 608 pages
...fire had resounded in the halls : and the voice of the people is heard no more. The stream of Clutha was removed from its place, by the fall of the walls. The thistle shook, there, its lonely bend ; the moss whistled to the wind. The fox looked out from the...
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The Desert of Sinai: Notes of a Spring-journey from Cairo to Beersheba

Horatius Bonar - Sinai (Egypt) - 1857 - 440 pages
...The voice of the people is heard no more. The thistle shook there its lonely head, The moss whistled to the wind, The fox looked out from the windows, The rank grass of the wall waved round its head. Desolate is the dwelling, Silence is in the house of her fathers....
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Elements of Criticism

Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1859 - 512 pages
...flame had resounded in the halls; and t ho voice of the people is heard no more. The stream of Olutha was removed from its place by the fall of the walls. The thistle shook there its lonely head ; the moss whistled to the wind. The fox looked out from the windows;...
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Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Volume 3

George Gilfillan - English poetry - 1860 - 360 pages
...fire had resounded in the halls; and the voice of the people is heard no more. The stream of Clutha was removed from its place by the fall of the walls. The thistle shook there its lonely head; the moss whistled to the wind. The fox looked out from the windows...
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Gleanings from the Harvest Fields of Literature: A Melange of Excerpta ...

Charles Carroll Bombaugh - Literature - 1860 - 538 pages
...flames had resounded in the halls, and the voice of the people is heard no more ; the stream of Cutha was removed from its place by the fall of the walls ; the thistle shoots there its lowly head; the moss whistled to the winds; the fox leoked out of the windows,...
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Maple Leaves: A Budget of Legendary, Historical, Critical, and Sporting ...

Sir James MacPherson Le Moine - Birds - 1863 - 504 pages
...the voice of the people is heard no more. The thistle shook there its lonely head ; the mosswhistled to the wind. The fox looked out from the windows, the rank grass of the wall waved round its head. Desolate is the dwelling of Moina, silence is in the house...
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The Works of Michael Bruce: Ed. with Memoir and Notes

Michael Bruce - Poets, Scottish - 1865 - 292 pages
...fire had resounded in the halls, and the voice of the people is heard no more. The stream of Clutha was removed from its place by the fall of the walls. The thistle shook there its lonely head. The moss whistled to the wind. The fox looked out of the windows...
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