 ... of my fathers ! bend. Lay by the red terror of your course. Receive the falling chief; whether he comes from a distant land, or rises from the rolling sea. Let his robe of mist be near ; his spear that is form'd of a cloud.  The Poems of Ossian - Page 3701773Full view - About this book
 | 1765 - 416 pages
...falling chief ; whether he comes from a diftant land, or rifes from the rolling fea. Let his robe of mift be near; his fpear that is formed of a cloud. Place...by his fide, in the form of the hero's fword. And, ohl let his countenance be lovely, that his friends may delight in his prefence. Bend from your clouds,... | |
 | 1783 - 274 pages
...chief ; whether he comes from a diftant land , or rifes from the rolling fea. Let his robe of mift be near ; his fpear that is formed of a cloud. Place an half-extinguished meteor by his fide, in the form of the hero's fWord. And , oh ! let his countenance... | |
 | Ossian - 1790 - 446 pages
...fea. Let his robe of mid be near j his fpear that is formed of a cloud. Place an half- extinguished meteor by his fide, in the form of the hero's fword. And, oh ! let hia countenance be lovely, that his friends may delight in his pre» fence. Bend from your clouds,"... | |
 | 1799 - 252 pages
...falling chief; whether he comes from a diftant land or rifes from the rolling fea, Let his robe of mift be near; his fpear that is formed of a cloud. Place an half-extinguiflied meteor by his fide, in the t Ufnoth. It Oman, the fon of Flngal, is, often, poetically... | |
 | Natham Drake - 1800 - 510 pages
...formed of a -cloud. Place an half-extinguished meteor ,by his side, in the form of the hero's sword. And, oh! let his countenance be lovely, that his friends may delight in his presence. Bend from your clouds," I said, "ghosts of my fathers! bend'! "£ Dar-thula is one of the... | |
 | Ossian - 1801 - 344 pages
...chief; -whether he comes from a. ciftant land, or rifes from the rolling Tea. Let his robe of mift be near; his fpear that is formed of a cloud. Place...hero's fword. And, oh! let his countenance be lovely , tint his friends may delight in his prefeno. Bend from your clouds," I faid, "ghfis of my fathers... | |
 | Ossian - 1805 - 648 pages
...formed of a cloud. Place an half-extinguished meteor by his side, in the form of the hero's sword. And, oh ! let his countenance be lovely, that his friends may delight in his presence. Bend from your clouds,-" I said, "ghosts of my fathers ! bend !" Such was my song, in Selma,... | |
 | Ossian - 1805 - 244 pages
...formed of a cloud. Place an halt-distinguished meteor by his side, in the form of the hero's sword. And oh ! let his countenance be lovely, that his friends may delight in his presence. Bend from your clouds," I said, " ghosts of my fathers ! bend." Such was my song, in Selma,... | |
 | Richard Clark - 1814 - 530 pages
...course, receive the falling chief; whether he comes from a distant land, orrises from the rolling sea. And oh ! let his countenance be lovely, that his friends may delight in his presence. Bend forward from your clouds, " ghosts of my fathers," bend! Ossian. GLEE fbr Five Voices.... | |
 | Domestic, literary and village sketches - 1823 - 168 pages
...is formed of a cloud. Place an half extinguished meteor by his side in the form of the hero's sword. And, oh ! let his countenance be lovely, that his friends may delight in his presence. Bend from your clouds, I said, ghosts of my fathers, bend!" These similes of Ossian are beautiful... | |
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