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Page 29
... harp . It hangs ong neglected in my hall . The stream of years has born me away in its course , and roll- ed away all my bliss . Dim and faded are my eyes ; thin - strewed with hairs my head . Weak is that nervous arm , once the terror ...
... harp . It hangs ong neglected in my hall . The stream of years has born me away in its course , and roll- ed away all my bliss . Dim and faded are my eyes ; thin - strewed with hairs my head . Weak is that nervous arm , once the terror ...
Page 33
... harp's melodious voice arose from the string of the bards . My soul melted away in the sounds , for my heart , like a stream , flowed gently away in song . Murmurs soon broke upon our joy . Half - unsheathed dag- gers gleamed . Many a ...
... harp's melodious voice arose from the string of the bards . My soul melted away in the sounds , for my heart , like a stream , flowed gently away in song . Murmurs soon broke upon our joy . Half - unsheathed dag- gers gleamed . Many a ...
Page 39
... either way , still The harp in Selma was not idly strung , And long shall last the themes our poet sung . Feb. 1 , 1806 . Berrathon PREFACE . WITHOUT increasing his genius , the author may A PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE . 39.
... either way , still The harp in Selma was not idly strung , And long shall last the themes our poet sung . Feb. 1 , 1806 . Berrathon PREFACE . WITHOUT increasing his genius , the author may A PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE . 39.
Page 83
... harp ; and the brave Cuthullin was of so diminutive a size , as to be taken for a child of two years of age by the gigantic Swaran . To illustrate this subject , I shall here lay before the reader , the history of some of the Irish ...
... harp ; and the brave Cuthullin was of so diminutive a size , as to be taken for a child of two years of age by the gigantic Swaran . To illustrate this subject , I shall here lay before the reader , the history of some of the Irish ...
Page 136
... a shower of blood ; and when some disaster is befalling at a distance , the sound of death beard on the strings of Ossian's harp ; all perfectly ยท consonant , not only to the peculiar ideas of 136 CRITICAL DISSERTATION.
... a shower of blood ; and when some disaster is befalling at a distance , the sound of death beard on the strings of Ossian's harp ; all perfectly ยท consonant , not only to the peculiar ideas of 136 CRITICAL DISSERTATION.
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ancient arms arose art thou Balclutha bards battle beam behold bend blast blood blue streams breast Cairbar Calmar car-borne Carril Carthon Cathmor cave chief cloud Comala Cona Connal Cormac Cromla Cuthullin Dar-thula dark daugh daughter death distant dost thou dwelling echoing Erin eyes fame fathers feast feeble fell field Fillan Fingal fled friends Gaul ghosts gray grief hair hall hand harp hear heard heath heaven heroes hill Iliad Ireland king of Morven king of swords Lathmon lift light Lochlin maid Malvina midst mighty mist moon Morni mournful Nathos night Oscar Ossian Picts poems poet poetry race raised rejoice renown rise roar rock rolled rose rushed Selma shield side sigh silent song sons soul sound spear Starno steel stood storm strangers stream strength Swaran sword tears Temora thee tomb Trenmor Ullin vale voice warriors waves wind youth