| Ossian - 1845 - 546 trang
...! I see the dark cloud of death • it hovers over the plains of Lena. The sons of green Erin shall fall. Remove from the field of ghosts Like the darkened moon, he retired in the mist of the whistling blast.' Several other appearances of spirits might be pomted out, as among the... | |
| 1847 - 398 trang
...Connal, son of Colgar, I see a cloud of death: it hovers dark over the plains of Lena. The sons of green Erin must fall. Remove from the field of ghosts."..."stay, my dark-red friend. Lay by that beam of heaven, sou of the windy Cromla! What cave is thy lonely house? What green-headed hill the place of thy repose?... | |
| 1847 - 400 trang
...a cloud of death: it hovers dark over the plains of Lena. The sons of green Erin must fall. Bemove from the field of ghosts." Like the darkened moon he retired, in the midst of the whistling blast. "Slay," said the mighty Connal, "stay, my dark-red friend. Lay by that beam of heaven, son of the windy... | |
| 1850 - 548 trang
...Connal, son of Colgar, I see a cloud of death : it hovers dark over the plains of Lena. The sons of green Erin must fall. Remove from the field of ghosts." Like the darkened moon he retired, in tho midst of the whistling blast. " Stay," said the mighty Connal ; " stay, my dark-red friend. Lay... | |
| Abraham Mills - 1851 - 594 trang
...see the dark cloud of death ; it hovers over the plains of Lena. The sons of green Erin shall fell. Remove from the field of ghosts Like the darkened...moon, he retired in the midst of the whistling blast. With scenes of exquisite painting also Ossian abounds. Such is the scenery with which Temora opens,... | |
| 1854 - 622 trang
...Colgar ! I see the dark cloud of death. It hovers over the plains of Lena. The sons of green Erin shall fall. Remove from the field of ghosts.' Like the darkened...moon, he retired in the midst of the whistling blast." Let us take another very brief but very beautiful example. " Trenmor came from his hill at the voice... | |
| 1856 - 386 trang
...questioned him and bade me begone. " Say to me," I entreated, quoting the words of Connal in Ossian, " what cave is thy lonely house ? What green-headed...we not hear thee in the storm ! in the noise of the mountain stream ? When the feeble sons of the wind come forth and, scarcely seen, pass over the desert... | |
| Abraham Mills - 1858 - 594 trang
...Colga ! I see the dark cloud of death ; it hovers over the plains of Lena. The sons of green Erin shall fall. Remove from the field of ghosts Like the darkened...moon, he retired in the midst of the whistling blast. With scenes of exquisite painting also Ossian abounds. Such is the scenery with which Temora opens,... | |
| William Rounseville Alger - 1864 - 938 trang
...of L«na. « Meiner«, Geschichte der Religionen, buch xiv. »ct. TW. The sons of green Erin shall fall. Remove from the field of ghosts.' Like the darkened...moon, he retired in the midst of the whistling blast." We recognise here several leading traits in all the early unspeculative faiths, — the vapory form,... | |
| William Rounseville Alger - 1864 - 942 trang
...Colgar, I see the dark cloud of death. It hovers over the plains of Lena. The sons of green Erin shall fall. Remove from the field of ghosts.' Like the darkened...moon, he retired in the midst of the whistling blast." We recognise here several leading traits in all the early unspeculative faiths, — the vapory form,... | |
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