 But when thou didst return from war, how peaceful was thy brow! Thy face was like the sun after rain; like the moon in the silence of night; calm as the breast of the lake when the loud wind is laid.  The Poems of Ossian - Page 2111773Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 pages
...distant hills. Many fell by thy arm ; they were consumed in the flames of thy wrath. But when thou didst return from war, how peaceful was thy brow ! Thy face was like the sun after rain ; like the moon in the silence of night ; calm as the breast of the lake when the loud... | |
 | 1865 - 838 pages
...distant hills. Many fell by thy arm ; they were consumed in the flames of thy wrath. Hut when thou didst return from war, how peaceful was thy brow ! Thy face was like the sun after rain ; like the moon in the silence of night; calm as the breast of the lake when the loud... | |
 | Bracebridge Hemyng - 1865 - 344 pages
...hills. Many fell by thy arm — they were consumed in the flames of thy wrath. But when thou didst return from war, how peaceful was thy brow ! Thy face was like the sun after rain — like the moon in the silence of night — calm as the breast of the lake, when the... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1868 - 522 pages
...distant hills. Many fell by thy arm : they were consumed in the flames of thy wrath. But when thou didst return from war, how peaceful was thy brow. Thy face was like the sun after rain : like the moon in the silence of night : calm as the breast of the lake when the loud... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - 1850 - 492 pages
...distant hills. Many fell by thy arm ; they were consumed in the names of thy wrath. But when thou didst return from war, how peaceful was thy brow ! Thy face was like the sun after rain ; like the moon in the silence of night ; calm as the breast of the lake when the loud... | |
 | Alexander Reid - 1872 - 174 pages
...in the field, thy sword in battle. Like thunder on distant hills was thy voice. But when thou didst return from war, how peaceful was thy brow! Thy face was like the sun after rain; calm as the breast of the lake when the loud wind is hushed into repose. Narrow is... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1873 - 524 pages
...distant hills. Many fell by thy arm : they were consumed in the flames of thy wrath. But when thou didst return from war, how peaceful was thy brow. Thy face was like the sun after rain : like the moon in the silence of night: calm as the breast of the lake when the loud... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - 1874 - 458 pages
...hills. Many fell by thy arm — they were consumed in the flames of thy wrath. But when thou didst return from war, how peaceful was thy brow! Thy face was like the sun after rain — like the moon in the silence of night — calm as the breast of the lake, when the... | |
 | James Grant Wilson - 1876 - 604 pages
...distant hills. Many fell by thy arm ; they were consumed in the flames of thy wrath. But when thou didst return from war, how peaceful was thy brow ! Thy face was like the sun after rain ; like the moon in the silence of night ; calm as the breast of the lake when the loud... | |
 | John Ross - 1878 - 816 pages
...distant hills. Many fell by thy arm ; they were consumed in the flames of thy wrath. But when thou didst return from war, how peaceful was thy brow! Thy face was like the sun after rain ; like the moon in the silence of night; calm as the breast of the lake when the loud... | |
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