 0 gale, it seems to say, I am covered with the drops of heaven ? The time of my fading is near, and the blast that shall scatter my leaves. To-morrow shall the traveller come, he that saw me in my beauty shall come: his eyes will search the field, but...  MLN. - Page 111908Full view - About this book
 | 1810 - 364 pages
...the presages of death. " The thistle shakes its beard to the wind. " The flower hangs its heavy head; it seems to say, I am " covered with the drops of heaven ; the time of my de" parture is near, and the blast that shall scatter my leaves." Malvina's death is hinted to him... | |
 | Ossian - 1812 - 360 pages
...the wind. The flower hangs its heavy head, waving, at times to the gale. " Why dost thou awake me, O gale !" it seems to say, " I am covered with the drops of heaven ? The time of my fading is near, the blast that shall scatter my leaves. To-morrow shall the traveller come; he that saw me in my beauty... | |
 | 1812 - 364 pages
...the wind. The flower hangs its heavy head, waving, at times to the gale. " Why dost thou awake me, O gale !" it seems to say, " I am covered with the drops of heaven ? The time of my fading is near, the blast that shall scatter my leaves. To-morrow shall the traveller come; he that saw me in my beauty... | |
 | 1812 - 282 pages
...the presages of death. " The thistle shakes its beard to the wind. The " flower hangs its heavy head; it seems to say, " I am covered with the drops of heaven; the " time of my departure is near, and the blast " that shall scatter my leaves." Malvina's death is hinted to him... | |
 | Ezra Stiles Ely - 1815 - 276 pages
...bones. " The flower hangs its heavy i2 head, waving, at times, to the gale. ' Why dost thou awake, me, O gale ?' it seems to say, * I am covered with the drops...the blast that shall scatter my leaves. To-morrow the traveller shall come ; he that saw me in my beauty shall come ,- his eyes will search the field,... | |
 | Alexander Stewart - 1819 - 610 pages
...the presages of death. " The thistle shakes its beard to the wind. The flower hangs its heavy head: it seems to say, I am covered with the drops of heaven; the time of ray departure is near, and the blast that shall scatter my leaves." Malvina's death is hinted to him... | |
 | 1821 - 282 pages
...—Ibid. The flower hangs its heavy head, waving at times to the gale. " Why dost thou awake me, O gale !" it seems to say, " I am covered with the drops of heaven: the time of my fading is near—the blast that shall scatter my leaves. Tomorrow shall the traveller come. He that saw me in... | |
 | Hugh Campbell - 1822 - 624 pages
...the wind. The flower hangs its heavy head, waving, at times, to the gale. " Why dost thou awake me, O gale!" it seems to say, " I am covered with the drops of heaven ! The time of my fading is near, the blast that shall scatter my leaves. To-morrow shall the traveller come; he that saw me in my beauty... | |
 | Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 pages
...the presages of death. " The thistle shakes its beard to the wind. The flower hangs its heavy head : it seems to say, I am covered with the drops of heaven ; the time of my departure is near, and the blast that shall scatter my leaves." " Fingal, tall in his ship, stretched... | |
 | John Fitzgerald Pennie - 1827 - 672 pages
...ray, no hope of relief but in the grave! I may say with Ossian, " Why dost thou awake me, O gale ? Jt seems to say, I am covered with the drops of heaven....; he that saw me in my beauty shall come: his eyes shall search the field, but they will not find mei" I can write no more. My child ! my mother ! I am... | |
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