 | 1803 - 352 pages
...Strumon," replied the maid, " why comest thou over the dark-blue wave, to Nuath's mournful daughter? Why did I not pass away in secret, like the flower of the rock, that lifts its fair head unseen, and straws its withered leaves on the blast ? Why didst thou come, O Gaul! to hear my departing sigh ?... | |
 | Malcolm Laing - 1804 - 558 pages
...to Ulysses, " Indistinct and vast." " Like a broad shield amid the watry "Waste ." PoPE'S ODYSSEY. " Why did I not pass away in secret, like the flower...unseen, and strews its " withered leaves on the blast ;" at once an imitation of Catullus and Gray. " Ut jfoj in septis, secretus nascitur hortis." " Full... | |
 | Malcolm Laing - 1804 - 556 pages
...shield amid the ivatry waste." PoPE'S ODYssEY. " Why did I not pass away in secret, like the foiuer of ' " the rock that lifts its fair head unseen, and strews its " withered leaves on the blast •" at once an imitation of Catullus and Gray. " Ut_/7ai in septis, secret us nascitur hortis." "... | |
 | James Macpherson - 1805 - 336 pages
...Strumon," replied the maid, " why comest thou over the dark-blue wave, to Nuath's mournful daughter ? Why did I not pass away in secret, like the flower...unseen, and strews its withered leaves on the blast ? Why didst thou come, O Gaul ! to hear my departing sigh ? I vanish in my youth ; my name shall not... | |
 | Ossian - 1805 - 262 pages
...replied the sighing maid, " why didst thou come over the dark blue wave to Nuath's mournful daughter ? Why did I not pass away in secret, like the flower...its fair head unseen, and strews its withered leaves to the blast ?" The music of bards, a favourite object with Ossian, is illustrated by a variety of... | |
 | Ossian - 1805 - 648 pages
...Struraon," replied the maid, " why coi ncs t thou over the dark-blue wave, to Nuath's mournful daughter ? Why did I not pass away in secret, like the flower of the rock, that lifts its fair head unseen, and strows its withered leaves on the blast 5 ? Why didst thou come, О > Wliy did I not pass away in secret... | |
 | Ossian - 1805 - 244 pages
...sighing maid, " why comsst th:Iu over the dark-blue wave to Nuath's mournful daughter? Why did I nnt pass away in secret, like the flower of the rock, that lifts its fair he.id unseen, and strews its withered leaves on the blast:Why didst thou come, O Gaul, to hear my departing... | |
 | Ossian - 1806 - 366 pages
...Strumon," replied the maid, " why comest thou over the dark-blue wave, to Nualh's mournful daughter? Why did I not pass away in secret, like the flower of the rock, that lifts its fair head unseen, and si rows its withered leaves on the blast? Why didst thou come, O Gaul! to * Trom-tbon, heavy er tkfp-souadi»g... | |
 | Patrick Graham - 1807 - 512 pages
...perhaps also, he had as powerful a talent in describing it. The same remark extends also to Ossian's " flower of the rock, that lifts its fair head " unseen...; and strews its withered leaves on " the blast." It may even be observed, that Ossian's image surpasses that of Catullus, " Flos in septis, secretis... | |
 | 1810 - 364 pages
...maid, " why " didst thcu come over the dark-blue wave to X oath's " mournful daughter? Why did not I pass away in secret, « like the flower of the rock, that lifts its fair head nn* seen, and strews its withered leaves on the blast f The music of bards, a favourite object with... | |
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why comest thou over the dark-blue wave, to Nuath's mournful daughter ? Why did I not pass away in secret, like the flower of the rock, that lifts its fair head unseen, and strews its withered leaves on the blast... 
