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Page 159
... mournful , O daughter of Tos . car , and their days are few . To give the joy of grief , ' generally signifies , to raise the strain of soft and grave music ; and finely characterizes the taste of Ossian's age and country . In those ...
... mournful , O daughter of Tos . car , and their days are few . To give the joy of grief , ' generally signifies , to raise the strain of soft and grave music ; and finely characterizes the taste of Ossian's age and country . In those ...
Page 174
... mournful daughter ? Why did not I pass away in secret , like the flower of the rock , that lifts its fair head unseen , and strews its with- ered leaves on the blast ? ' The music of bards , a favourite object with Ossian , is ...
... mournful daughter ? Why did not I pass away in secret , like the flower of the rock , that lifts its fair head unseen , and strews its with- ered leaves on the blast ? ' The music of bards , a favourite object with Ossian , is ...
Page 185
... mournful daughter ? Why did I not pass away in secret , like the flower of the rocks that lifts its fair head unseen , and strews its withered leaves on the blast ? Why didst thou come , O Gaul ! to hear my departing sigh ? -O had I ...
... mournful daughter ? Why did I not pass away in secret , like the flower of the rocks that lifts its fair head unseen , and strews its withered leaves on the blast ? Why didst thou come , O Gaul ! to hear my departing sigh ? -O had I ...
Page 186
... Mournful are Tura's walls , and sorrow dwells at Dunscaich . Thy spouse is left alone in her youth ; the son of thy love is alone . He shall come to Bragela , and ask her 4 why she weeps ? He shall lift his eyes to 186 CRITICAL ...
... Mournful are Tura's walls , and sorrow dwells at Dunscaich . Thy spouse is left alone in her youth ; the son of thy love is alone . He shall come to Bragela , and ask her 4 why she weeps ? He shall lift his eyes to 186 CRITICAL ...
Page 204
... mournful maid ? " U - thorno that risest in waters ! on whose side are the meteors of night ? I behold the dark moon descending behind thy resounding woods . On thy top dwells the misty Loda : the house of the spirits of men ! In the ...
... mournful maid ? " U - thorno that risest in waters ! on whose side are the meteors of night ? I behold the dark moon descending behind thy resounding woods . On thy top dwells the misty Loda : the house of the spirits of men ! In the ...
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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