Ghosts ride on the tempest to-night: Sweet is their voice between the gusts of wind; Their songs are of other worlds I " Did you never observe (while rocking winds are piping loud) that pause, as the gust is recollecting itself, and rising upon the ear... The North American Review - Page 501836Full view - About this book
| Nathan Drake - 1800 - 482 pages
...particularly from "that pause," observes Mr. Gray, "as the gust is recollecting itself, and rising upon the ear in a shrill and plaintive note, like the swell of an jEolian harp. There is nothing," adds he, "so like the voice of a spirit." And, indeed, however inconsiderable, in... | |
| James Macpherson - 1805 - 654 pages
...(while rocking winds are piping loud) that pause, as the gust is recollecting itself, and rising upon the ear in a shrill and plaintive note, like the swell of an i /.li.ni harp ? I do assure you there is nothing in the world so like the voice of a spirit. Thomson... | |
| Ossian - 1805 - 656 pages
...(while rocking winds are piping loud) that pause, •as the gust is recollecting itself, and rising upon the ear in a shrill and plaintive note, like the swell of an .Eoliau harp ? I do assure you there is nothing in the world so like the voice of a spirit. Thomson... | |
| Archibald Alison - 1812 - 444 pages
...while rocking winds are piping loud, that pause, " as the gust is recollecting itself, and rising upon the " ear in a shrill and plaintive note, like the swell of an " ^Eolian harp? I do assure you there is nothing in the " world so like the voice of a spirit." Such... | |
| Archibald Alison - 1812 - 442 pages
...while rocking winds are piping loud, that pause, " as the gust is recollecting itself, and rising upon the " ear in a shrill and plaintive note, like the swell of an " flLolian harp? I do assure you there is nothing in the " world so like the voice of a spirit." Such... | |
| 1812 - 594 pages
...while rocking winds are piping loud, that pause, as the gust is recollecting itself, and rising upon the ear in a shrill and plaintive note, like the swell of an /i'.ulian harp? I do assure you there is nothing in the world so like the voice of a spirit." Such... | |
| Thomas Gray, John Mitford - 1816 - 618 pages
...(while rocking winds are piping loud,) that pause, as the gust is recollecting itself, and rising upon the ear in a shrill and plaintive note, like the swell of an ^iEolian harp ? I do assure you there is nothing in the world so like the voice of a spirit. Thomson... | |
| 1821 - 394 pages
...fte/iile rocking winds are piping loud) that pause, as the gust is recollecting itself, and rising upon the ear in a shrill and plaintive note, like the swell of an /Eolian harp ? I do assure you there is nothing in the world so like the voice of a spirit. Thomson... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1820 - 492 pages
...(whi/e rocking winds are piping loud} that pause, as the gust is recollecting itself, and rising upon the ear in a shrill and plaintive note, like the swell of an jEolian harp ? I do assure you there itemon of poetry, or he has lighted on a treasure hid for ages. The Wilsh poets are also coming to... | |
| Thomas Gray, William Mason - 1820 - 548 pages
...(while rocking winds are piping loud) that pause, as the gust is recollecting itself, and rising upon the ear in a shrill and plaintive note, like the swell of an ^Eolian harp ? I do assure you there is nothing in the world so like the voice of a spirit. Thomson... | |
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