 The oaks of the mountains fall; the mountains themselves decay with years; the ocean shrinks and grows again; the moon herself is lost in heaven, but thou art for ever the same, rejoicing in the brightness of thy course.  Select British Classics - Page 671803Full view - About this book
 | British essayists - 1802 - 216 pages
...the western wave, but thou thyself movest alone : who can be a companion of thy course ? The oaks of the mountain fall ; the mountains themselves decay...the brightness of thy course. When the world is dark with tempest ; when thunder rolls, and lightning flies, thou lookest in thy beauty from the clouds,... | |
 | Bards and bardism - 1803 - 352 pages
...wave. But thou thyself movest alone: who can be a companion of thy course ? The oaks of the mountains fall: the mountains themselves decay with years; the...the brightness of thy course. When the world is dark with tempests; when thunder rolls, and lightning flies ; thou lookest in thy beauty, from the clouds,... | |
 | Malcolm Laing - Scotland - 1804 - 558 pages
...Ossian's sphere of observation, as the earthquakes that " shake green Erin " from side to side." — " The ocean shrinks and grows " again ; the moon herself...but thou art for " ever the same ; rejoicing in the strength of thy course* " But to Ossian thou lodkest in vain, for he beholdt thy beams " no more."... | |
 | Malcolm Laing - Darnley murder - 1804 - 556 pages
...Ossian's sphere of observation, as the earthquakes that " shake green Erin " from side to side." — " The ocean shrinks and grows *' again ; the moon herself is lost in heaven i but thou art for " ever the same ; rejoicing in the strength of thy course. " But to Ossian thou... | |
 | Ossian - 1805 - 244 pages
...wave. But thou thyself movest alone : who can be a companion of thy course ? The oaks of the mountains fall : the mountains themselves decay with years ;...the brightness of thy course. When the world is dark with tempests; when thunder rolls, and lightning flies; thou lookest in thy beauty, from the clouds,... | |
 | James Macpherson, Archibald M'Donald - 1805 - 308 pages
...who can be a companion in thy " course! the oaks of the mountains fall: the mountains theui" selves decay with years; the ocean shrinks and grows again...herself is lost in heaven; but thou art for ever the *' find, that he, like all other translators, has " omitted several particularising circumstances "... | |
 | Ossian - 1805 - 648 pages
...alteration of Fingal, iii. ". " The oaks resound on their mountains, and the rocks fall down before him." " The ocean shrinks and grows again; the moon herself is lost in heaven," is from VIRGIL, Georg, ii. 477course. When the world is dark with tempests; when thunder rolls, and... | |
 | Ossian - 1806 - 366 pages
...wave. But thou thyself movest alone: who can be a companion of thy course! The oaks of the mountains fall: the mountains themselves decay with years; the...the brightness of thy course. When the world is dark with tempests; when thunder rolls, and lightning flies; thou lookest in thy beauty, from the clouds,... | |
 | William Belsham - 1806 - 646 pages
...But thou, thou thyself movest alone ! Who can be a companion of thy course? The oaks of the mountains fall} the mountains themselves decay with years; the...brightness of thy course ! When the world is dark with tempests $ when thunder rolls and lightning flies, thou lookest in thy beauty from the clouds,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1807 - 336 pages
...the western wave, but thou thyself movest alone : who can be a companion of thy course ? The oaks of the mountain fall ; the mountains themselves decay...the brightness of thy course. When the world is dark ' with tempest ; when thunder rolls, and lightning ' flies, thou lookest in thy beauty from the clouds,... | |
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