 | English literature - 1763 - 784 pages
...from its place by the fall of the walls. The thiftle fliook there its lonely head: the mois whittled to the wind. The fox looked out from the windows : the rank grafs of the wall waved around his head. Defolate i. the dwelling of Moina : filence is in the houfe... | |
 | Hugh Blair - Literary forgeries and mystifications - 1763 - 94 pages
...its " place by the fall of the walls. The thiltle fhook there its lonely " head: The mofs whittled to the wind. The fox looked out " from the windows; the rank grafs of the wall waved round " his head. Defolate is the dwelling of Moina; filence is in " the houfe... | |
 | 1765 - 520 pages
...its " place by the fall of the walls. The thiftle " fhook there its lonely head : The mofs whiftled " to the wind. The fox looked out from the ** windows •, the rank grafs of the wall waved " round his head. Defolate is the dwelling of ** Moina ; filence is in the... | |
 | Poetry - 1773 - 466 pages
...its " place by the fall of the walls. The thiftle " fhook there its lonely head : The mofs whiftled " to the wind. The fox looked out from the " windows; the rank grafs of the wall waved " round his head. Defolate is the dwelling of " Moina; filence is in the houfe... | |
 | Ossian - 1790 - 446 pages
...its place, by the fall of the walls. The thiftle ihook, there, its lonely head : the mofs whiftled to the wind. The fox looked out from the windows, the rank grafs of the wall waved round its head. Defolate is the dwelling of Moina, filence is in the houfe... | |
 | William Belsham - Great Britain - 1793 - 396 pages
...from its place by the fall of the walls. The thiftle fhook there its lonely head ; the mofs whiftled to the wind. The fox looked out from the windows ; the rank grafs of the wall waved round his head. Defolate is the dwelling of Moina ; filence is in the houfe... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 446 pages
...from its place by the fall of the walls. The thiftle Ihook, there, its lonely head: the mofa whillled to the wind. The fox looked out from the windows ; the rank grafs of the wall waved round his head. Defolate is the dwelling of Moina : filence is in the houfe... | |
 | William Belsham - Great Britain - 1802 - 526 pages
...from its place by the fall of the walls. The thiille fhook there its lonely head ; the mofs whiftled to the wind. The fox looked out from the windows ; the rank grafs of the wall waved round his head. Defolate is the dwelling of Moina ; Clence is in the houfe... | |
 | Bards and bardism - 1803 - 350 pages
...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 is in the house of her " fathers." Nothing... | |
 | Bards and bardism - 1803 - 352 pages
...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 is in the house of her " fathers." Nothing also can be more natural and lively than the manner in which Carthon afterwards... | |
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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... 
