 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...  George I. George II - Page 359by William Belsham - 1793Full view - About this book
 | English literature - 1763 - 784 pages
...fire had relbunded in the halls-; and the voice of the people is heard nomoie. The ftream of Clutlia was removed 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 :... | |
 | 1741 - 770 pages
...have leen the walls of Balclutha, but they were dcfolutc. The fire had refounded ir. the halls, ami the voice of the people is heard no more. The ftream...was removed from its place by the fall of the walls, '1'he thiflle fliook there its lonely head : the mofs whittled to the_ \vind. The foK looked out from... | |
 | Hugh Blair - Literary forgeries and mystifications - 1763 - 94 pages
...The (c fire had refounded in the halls; and the voice of the people is cc heard no more. The dream of Clutha was removed from 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... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1765 - 578 pages
...the walls of Balclutha, but they were defolate. The flames had refounded in the halls : and theToice of the people is heard no more. The ftream of Clutha was removed from its place by the fall of the walli . The thiftle fhook there its lonely head : the mofs whittled to the wind. The fox looked out... | |
 | 1765 - 520 pages
...feen the walls of Balclutha, but they were de" folate. The fire had refounded in the halls-, " and the voice of the people is heard no more. " The ftream of Ckuha was removed from its " place by the fall of the walls. The thiftle " fhook there its lonely head... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1772 - 398 pages
...have feen the walls of Balclutha, but they were defolate. The flames had refounded in the halls: and the voice of the people is heard no more. The ftream of Cluiha was removed from its place by the fall of the walls. The thiftle fhook there its lonely head... | |
 | Poetry - 1773 - 432 pages
...refounded in the halls : and th« voice of the people is heard no more. Th> ftream of Clutha was remored from its place, by the fall of the walls. The thiftle fhook, th*R?, its lonely head : the mofs whiftled to the wind. The fox looked out, from the windows, |he rank... | |
 | Scottish Gaelic poetry - 1783 - 282 pages
...defolate. The fire had refounded in the halls ; « and the voice of the people is heard no more. r, The ftream of Clutha was removed from its « place by the fall of the walls. The thiftle » shook there its lonely head. The rr.ofs whiftled » to the wind. The fox looked out from the »... | |
 | Scottish Gaelic poetry - 1783 - 274 pages
...defolate. The firehad refounded in the halls : aqd the voice of the people is heard no more. The fttcam of Clutha was removed from its place, by the fall of the walls. — The thiftle shook, there, its lonely head : the mofs whiftled to the wind. The fox looked out, from the windows;... | |
 | Celts - 1784 - 432 pages
...have fcen the walls of Balclutha, but they were ddblate. The fire had refounded in the halls : and the voice of the people is heard no more. The ftream of Cluthawas removed from its place, by the fall of the walls. The thiftle fhook, there, its lonely head:... | |
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