 OUR youth is like the dream of the hunter on the hill of heath. He sleeps in the mild beams of the sun; he awakes amidst a storm; the red lightning flies around: trees shake their heads to the wind! He looks back with joy, on the day of the sun; and the...  Y Traethodydd - Page 521907Full view - About this book
 | Poetry - 1773 - 432 pages
...returns in triumph to Selma. A foliloquy by the poet himfelf. • < t •THE WAR of INIS-THONAi po EM; UR youth is like the dream of the hunter on the hill of heath. He fleeps in the mild beams of the fun ; he iwakes amidft a florm ; the red lightning flies around : trees... | |
 | Scottish Gaelic poetry - 1779 - 250 pages
...we shall fing on the winds of the rock. THE WAR of INIS-THONA : A POEM. WARoflNIS-THONA*; A POEM. UR youth Is like the dream of the hunter on the hill of heath. He fleeps in the mild beams of the fun ; but he awakes ainidft a ftorm : the red lightning flies around... | |
 | Ossian - 1790 - 446 pages
...death, and returns in triumph to Selma, A foliloquy by the poet himfelf, THE t WAR of INIS-THONA OE OUR youth is like the dream of the hunter on the hill of heath. He fleeps in the mild beams of the fun ; he awakes amidft a ftorm ; the red lightning flies around : trees... | |
 | Bards and bardism - 1803 - 390 pages
...Inis-thona. Oscar revenges their death, and returns in triumph to Selma. A soliloquy by the poet himself. OUR youth is like the dream of the hunter on the hill...the red lightning flies around : trees shake their heads to the wind ! He looks back with joy, on the day of the sun ; and the pleasant dreams of his... | |
 | Ossian - 1805 - 262 pages
...Iniithona was an island uf Scandinavia, sublect to its own king, but depending opon the kingdom of Lochlin. OUR. youth is like the dream of the hunter on the...hill of heath. He sleeps in the mild beams of the sun ; but lie awakes amidst a storm, the red lightning flies around : and the trees shake their heads to... | |
 | Ossian - 1805 - 648 pages
...returns in triumph to Sehua. A soliloquy by the poet himself. MACPHERSON. THE WAR OF INIS-THONA: A POEM. OUR youth is like the dream of the hunter on the hill of heath. He sleeps in the mild beams 1 Inis-thona.] The island of waves ; a country of Scandinavia, subject to its own king, but depending... | |
 | James Macpherson - Scottish Gaelic poetry - 1805 - 336 pages
...death, and returns in triumph to Selma. A soliloquy hy the poet himself. THE WAR OF INIS-THONA A POEM. OUR youth is like the dream of the hunter on the hill of heath. He Bleeps in the mild beams of the sun ; he awakes amidst a storm ; the red lightning flies around : trees... | |
 | Ossian - 1806 - 366 pages
...Inis-thona. Oscar revenges their death, and returns in triumph to Selma. A soliloquy by the poet himself. OUR youth is like the dream of the hunter on the hill...the red lightning flies around: trees shake their heads to the wind! He looks back with joy, on the day of the sun; and the pleasant dreams of his rest!... | |
 | Regina Maria Roche - Gothic literature - 1810 - 356 pages
...the expression that prefaced them, she had reason to believe herself deeply interested. CHAP. XIV. Our youth is like the dream of the hunter on the hill...of heath; he sleeps in the mild beams of the sun; but he awakes amidst a storm; the red lightning flies around; and the trees shake their heads to the... | |
 | 1829 - 606 pages
...hopes ; but — 'thereby hangs a talc.' ' The days of our youth are like the sleep of the hunter upon the hill of heath. He sleeps in the mild beams of the sun, but he awakes amid a storm. The red lightning flies^around — the trees shake their heads to the wind.... | |
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