 | British essayists - 1802 - 216 strani
...wave, but thou thyself movest alone : who can be a companion of thy course ? The oaks of the mountain fall ; the mountains themselves decay with years ;...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, and... | |
 | 1803 - 350 strani
...cold and pale, sinks in the western wave. But thou thyself movest alone : who can be a companion of thy course ? The oaks of the mountains fall : the...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... | |
 | 1803 - 308 strani
...thou thyself movest alone : Who '• can be a companion of thy course ? The oaks of i; the mountain fall ; the mountains themselves decay " with years...brightness of " thy course. When the world is dark frith tem" pests ; when thunder rolls, and lightning flies, " thou lookest in thy benuty from the clouds,... | |
 | Malcolm Laing - 1804 - 556 strani
...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... | |
 | Malcolm Laing - 1804 - 558 strani
...everlasting, could have no conception of its creation, nor a suspicion from whence it proceeded. " The oaks of the mountains fall ; the " mountains themselves decay with years," is a philosophical or scriptural allusion, as remote from Ossian's sphere of observation, as the earthquakes... | |
 | Ossian - 1805 - 244 strani
...cold and pale, sinks in the western wave. But thou thyself movest alone : who can be a companion of thy course ? The oaks of the mountains fall : the...dark with tempests; when thunder rolls, and lightning flies; thou lookest in thy beauty, from the clouds, and laughest af the storm. But to Ossian thou lookest... | |
 | James Macpherson, Archibald M'Donald - 1805 - 308 strani
...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 strani
...from the clouds, and laughest'at the storm." But the variations of imagery require also a comment. " The oaks of the mountains fall; the mountains themselves decay with years ;" is a scriptural alteration of Fingal, iii. ". " The oaks resound on their mountains, and the rocks... | |
 | William Belsham - 1806 - 646 strani
...and pale, sinks in the western wave. But thou, thou thyself movest alone ! Who can be a companion of thy course? The oaks of the mountains fall} the mountains...dark with tempests $ when thunder rolls and lightning flies, thou lookest in thy beauty from the clouds, and Jaughest at the storm. But to Ossian thou lookest... | |
 | Ossian - 1806 - 366 strani
...cold and pale, sinks in the western wave. But thou thyself movest alone: who can be a companion of thy course! The oaks of the mountains fall: the mountains...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... | |
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Whence are thy beams, O sun! thy everlasting light? Thou comest forth in thy awful beauty; the stars hide themselves in the sky; the moon, cold and pale, sinks in the western wave; but thou thyself movest alone. Who can be a companion of thy course? The... 
