 | Dafydd Moore - Celts in literature - 2004 - 612 pages
...of the eaft ; my tears defcend with the drops of night. I was a lovely tree, in thy prefence, Ofcar, with all my branches round me; but thy death came like a blafl from the defart, and laid my green head low; the fp ring returned with its fhowers, but no leaf... | |
 | Alexander Porteous - Social Science - 2005 - 325 pages
...passage occurs in Malvina's lamentation for Oscar : " I was a lovely tree in thy presence, Oscar, with aE my branches round me ; but thy death came like a blast...low ; the spring returned with its showers, but no green leaf of mine arose." Again, when old and weary, blind, and almost destitute of friends, Ossian... | |
 | Anna Maria Hall - 738 pages
...the people of Israel. How beautiful is the passage in Ossmn, of Malvina's lamentation for Oscar : " I was a lovely tree in thy presence, Oscar, with all...laid my green head low ; the spring returned with it« showers, but no green leaf of mine arose." Again, when Oisaian is old, blind, and wear}*, and... | |
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I was a lovely tree in thy presence, Oscar, with all my branches round me : but thy death came like a blast from the desert, and laid my green head low : the spring returned with its showers, but no leaf of mine arose. 
