 ... bofomed daughter of Sorglan (£)." Malvina fpeaks. " But " thou dwelleft in the foul of Malvina, fon of mighty Offian. " My fighs arife with the beam of the eaft, my tears defcend with " the drops of night. I was a lovely tree in thy prefence, Ofcar,...  The poems of Ossian - Page 259by James Macpherson - 1801Full view - About this book
 | Lady Morgan (Sydney) - 1812 - 486 pages
...the East, my tears descend with the drops of the night. I was a lovely tree in thy presence, Oscar, with all my branches round me ; but thy death came like a blast of the desert, and laid my green head low. The spring returned with its showers, but of me not... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1816 - 452 pages
...of the east : my tears descend with the drops of night- I was a lovely tree in thy presence, Oscar, with all my branches round me : but thy death came like a blast from the desert, and laid my green head low : the spring returned with its showers, but no leaf... | |
 | 1823 - 626 pages
...where Malvina is inconsolable for the death of Oscar: — "I was a lovely tree in thy presence, Oscar, with all my branches round me; but thy death came, like a blast from the desert, and laid my green head low ; the spring returned, with its showers, but no green... | |
 | Charles Bucke - Nature - 1823 - 408 pages
...following passage of Malvina's lamentation for Oscar:—" I was a lovely tree in thy presence, Oscar, with all my branches round me; but thy death came, like a blast from the desert, and laid my green head low: the spring returned with its showers, but no green... | |
 | Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 pages
...tender, that I cannot forbear giving it a place also. " I was a lovely tree in thy presence, Oscar! with all my branches round me. But thy death came, like a blast from the desert, and laid my green head low. The spring returned with its showers ; but no leaf... | |
 | William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1828 - 514 pages
...following passage of Malvina's lamentation for Oscar: — " I was a lovely tree in thy presence, Oscar, with all my branches round me ; but thy death came like a blast from the desert, and laid my green head low ; the spring returned with its showers, but no green... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1831 - 328 pages
...of the east: my tears descend with the drops of night. I was a lovely tree in thy presence, Oscar, with all my branches round me ; but thy death came like a blast from the desert, and laid my green head low : the spring returned with its showers, but no leaf... | |
 | Fashion - 740 pages
...passage in Ossian, of Malvina's lamentation for Oscar : " I was a lovely tree in thy presence, Oscar, with all my branches round me : but thy death came like a blast from the desert, and laid my green head low ; the spring returned with its showers, but no green... | |
 | Fashion - 1867 - 738 pages
...passage in Ossian, of Malvina's lamentation for Oscar : " I was a lovely tree in thy presence, Oscar, with all my branches round me : but thy death came like a blast from the desert, and laid my green bead low; the spring returned with its showers, but no green... | |
 | Charles Bucke - Nature - 1841 - 344 pages
...following passage of Malvina's lamentation for Oscar : " I was a lovely tree in thy presence, Oscar, with all my branches round me ; but thy death came, like a blast from the desert, and laid my green head low : the spring returned with its showers, but no green... | |
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