 | Hugh Blair - 1820 - 534 pages
...laves, And eats away with silent waves. FRANCIS. " moved from its place by the fall of the walls ; " the thistle shook there its lonely head ; the moss " whistled to the wind. The fox looked out at " the window ; the rank grass waved round his head. '* Desolate is the dwelling of Moina. Silence... | |
 | John M. Leighton - 1840 - 422 pages
...The stream of the Clutha was removed from its place, by the fall of the walls. The thistle shook here its lonely head ; the moss whistled to the wind. The fox looked out from the windows ; the rank grass of the walls waved round its head. Desolate is the dwelling of Morna, silence... | |
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I have seen the walls of Balclutha, but they were desolate. The fire had resounded in the halls; and the voice of the people is heard no more. The stream of Clutha was removed from its place by the fall of the walls. The thistle shook there its lonely... 
