 O thou that rollest above, round as the shield of my fathers! 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...  The elements of composition - Seite 144von Augustus Layres - 1867Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | British essayists - 1802 - 216 Seiten
...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 oaks of the mountain fall ; the mountains themselves decay with years ; the ocean shrinks, and grows again ; the... | |
 | 1803 - 350 Seiten
...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 oaks of...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. When the world... | |
 | 1803 - 308 Seiten
...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...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. When the world... | |
 | Malcolm Laing - 1804 - 558 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 oaks of...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. When the world... | |
 | James Macpherson, Archibald M'Donald - 1805 - 308 Seiten
...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 : " the moon herself is lost in heaven; but thou art for ever the *' find, that he, like all other translators, has " omitted several... | |
 | Ossian - 1805 - 648 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...the sky. The moon, cold and pale, sinks in the western wave. But thou, thou thyself movest alone ! Who can be a companion of thy course? The oaks of...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 ! When the world... | |
 | Ossian - 1806 - 366 Seiten
...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 oaks of...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. When the world is... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1807 - 336 Seiten
...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 ;...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. When the world... | |
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