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" When the world is dark with tempests, when thunder rolls and lightning flies, thou lookest in thy beauty from the clouds, and laughest at the storm. But to Ossian thou lookest in vain, for he beholds thy beams no more; whether thy yellow hair flows on... "
On the blindness of Homer, Ossian, and Milton. The Valley of the Rye ... - Page 190
by Nathan Drake - 1822
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The Mirror: no. 1-36, Jan. 23, 1779-May 19, 1779

Literature - 1781 - 316 pages
...like me, for a feafon, and thy " years will have an end. Thou fliajt fleep *' in thy clouds, carelefs of the voice of the " morning. Exult, then, O Sun, in the " ftrength of thy youth ! Age is dark and " unlovely; it is like the glimmering light of " the moon...
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The Mirror: A Periodical Paper, Published at Edinburgh in the ..., Volume 1

Henry Mackenzie - 1801 - 300 pages
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The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volume 35

British essayists - 1802 - 216 pages
...thou lookest in vain ; for he beholds thy beams no mure ; whether thy yellow hair flows on the eastwn clouds, or thou tremblest at the gates of the west. But thou art, perhaps, like me, for a season, and thy years will have an end. Thou shah sleep in thy clouds, careless of the voice of the morning....
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Select British Classics, Volume 31

English literature - 1803 - 308 pages
...Ossian thou lookest " in vain ; for he beholds thy beams no more ; whe" ther thy yellow hair flows on the eastern clouds, or " thou tremblest at the...west. But thou " art, perhaps, like me, for a season, and thy years, " will hare an end. Thou shall sleep in thy clouds, " careless of the voice of the morning....
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The History of Scotland: From the Union of the Crowns on the ..., Volume 4

Malcolm Laing - Scotland - 1804 - 558 pages
...Urania, visits his slumber nightly with her song. In the concluding paragraph, the divine recurs. " But thou art perhaps like " me, for a season ; thy years will have an end ;" a favourite idea already repeated in the same poem ; " When thou ! " sun of heaven shaft fail, if...
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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
...visits his slumber nightly with her song. In the concluding paragraph, the divine recurs. " Butthou art perhaps like " me, for a season ; thy years will have an end ;" a favourite idea already repeated in the same poem ; " When than! " sun of heaven shall fail, if...
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Some of Ossian's Lesser Poems Rendered Into Verse: With a Preliminary ...

James Macpherson, Archibald M'Donald - 1805 - 308 pages
...Ossian, thou lookest in vain; '•' for he beholds thy beams no more; whether thy yellow hair " flows on the eastern clouds, or thou tremblest at the gates...me, for a season, thy " years will have an end. Thou shall sleep in thy clouds, " careless of the voice of the morning. Exult then, O Sun, in " the strength...
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The poems of Ossian, tr. by J. Macpherson. To which are prefixed ..., Volume 2

Ossian - 1805 - 244 pages
...But to Ossian thou lookest in vain ; for he beholds thy beams no more ; whether thy yellow hair flows on the eastern clouds, or thou tremblest at the gates...west. But thou art perhaps like me, for a season, and thy years will have an end. Thou shalt sleep in thy clouds, careless of the voice of the morning....
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The poems of Ossian, tr. by J. Macpherson. Blair's critical ..., Volume 1

Ossian - 1806 - 366 pages
...But to Ossian, thou lookest in vain; for he beholds thy beams no more ; whether thy yellow hair flows on the eastern clouds, or thou tremblest at the gates...season; thy years will have an end. Thou shalt sleep in the clouds, careless of the voice of the morning. Exult then, O sun! in the strength of thy youth !...
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The British Essayists;: Mirror

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1807 - 338 pages
...Ossian thou ' lookest in vain ; for he beholds thy beams no more ; ' whether thy yellow hair flows on the eastern ' clouds, or thou tremblest at the...west. ' But thou art, perhaps, like me, for a season, and ' thy years will have an end. Thou shall sleep in ' thy clouds, careless of the voice of the morning....
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