 | Ossian - 1845 - 546 pages
...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 head ; the moss whistled to the wind. The fox looked out from the windows ; the rank grass of the wall waved round his head. £>esosolate is the dwelling of JMoina ;... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1845 - 494 pages
...disappeared in the rubbish. This scene of desolation reminded me of Ossian's beautiful description, " the thistle shook there its lonely head ; the moss whistled to the gale; the fox looked out from the windows; the rank grass waved round his head," and almost seemed... | |
 | 1847 - 398 pages
...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 head : the moss whistled to the wind. The fox looked put from the windows; the rank grass of the wall waved round his head. Desolate is the dwelling of... | |
 | Robert Turnbull - 1847 - 396 pages
...stream of the Clutha (Clyde) 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... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1847 - 516 pages
...more. The stream of Clutha wus 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 tite windows: and the rank grass of the wall waved round his head. Desolate is the dwelling of Morna:... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1850 - 318 pages
...disappeared in the rubbish. This scene of desolation reminded me of Ossian's beautiful description, " the thistle shook there its lonely head ; the moss whistled to the gale ; the fox looked out from the windows ; the rank grass waved round his head," and almost seemed... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 602 pages
...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 head ; the moss whistled to the wind. The fox looked out from the windows ; the rank grass of the wall waved round his head. Desolate is the dwelling of Moina. silence... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 594 pages
...people is heard no more. The stream of Clntha was removed 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 from the windows ; the rank grass of the wall waved round his head. Desolate is the dwelling of Moitu, silence... | |
 | Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1853 - 510 pages
...seen the walls of Balclutha, bnt they were desolate; and the voice of the people is heard no more. The thistle shook there its lonely head : the moss...from the window, the rank grass of the wall waved round his head. Desolate is the dwelling of Moina, and silence is in the hall of her fathers. OSSIAN.... | |
 | John Warner Barber - 1855 - 608 pages
...Clutha was removed from its place, by the fall of the walls. The thistle shook, there, its lonely bend ; the moss whistled to the wind. The fox looked out from the window*, the rank grass of the waJl waved round its head. Desolate is the dwelling of Monia, silence is in the house of her fathers.... | |
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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... 
