The Poems of Ossian: To which are Prefixed a Preliminary Discourse and Dissertations on the Aera and Poems of OssianFleischer, 1834 - 196 pages |
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... arms , and win the lovely fair . ' Straight I obey'd . A chosen band fol- lowed my steps . We mounted the dark- bosomed ship of the king , spread its white sails to the winds , and plough'd through the foam of ocean . Pleasant shone the ...
... arms , and win the lovely fair . ' Straight I obey'd . A chosen band fol- lowed my steps . We mounted the dark- bosomed ship of the king , spread its white sails to the winds , and plough'd through the foam of ocean . Pleasant shone the ...
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... arms whose lance shall shine victorious in the combat of valour . ' ' O venerable bard , ' I said , ' peace guides my steps to Branno . My arm is young , and few are my deeds in war , but valour inflames my soul ; I am of the race of ...
... arms whose lance shall shine victorious in the combat of valour . ' ' O venerable bard , ' I said , ' peace guides my steps to Branno . My arm is young , and few are my deeds in war , but valour inflames my soul ; I am of the race of ...
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... arms . Such was my youth , O Malvina ! but alas I am now forlorn . Darkness covers my soul . Yet the light of song beams at times on my mind . It solaces awhile my woe . Bards , prepare my tomb . Lay me by the fair Evir - allen . When ...
... arms . Such was my youth , O Malvina ! but alas I am now forlorn . Darkness covers my soul . Yet the light of song beams at times on my mind . It solaces awhile my woe . Bards , prepare my tomb . Lay me by the fair Evir - allen . When ...
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... arms . White was her arm , as Sevo's lofty snow , Her bosom fairer than the waves below When heaving to the winds . Her radiant eyes Like two bright stars , exulting as they rise , And gladd'ning heav'n with their majestic light . O'er ...
... arms . White was her arm , as Sevo's lofty snow , Her bosom fairer than the waves below When heaving to the winds . Her radiant eyes Like two bright stars , exulting as they rise , And gladd'ning heav'n with their majestic light . O'er ...
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... arms in order to recover the possessions they had lost . The enraged emperor commanded his army to march into their country , and to destroy it with fire and sword . His orders were but ill executed ; for his son , Caracalla , was at ...
... arms in order to recover the possessions they had lost . The enraged emperor commanded his army to march into their country , and to destroy it with fire and sword . His orders were but ill executed ; for his son , Caracalla , was at ...
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