The Poems of Ossian: To which are Prefixed a Preliminary Discourse and Dissertation on the Aera and Poems of OssianCrosby, 1862 - 492 pages |
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... Cormac , graceful in glittering arms . No fairer youth was seen on Erin's grassy hills . His age was equal to mine ; his port majestic ; his stature tall and slender , like the young shooting poplar in Lu- tha's streamy vales ; but ...
... Cormac , graceful in glittering arms . No fairer youth was seen on Erin's grassy hills . His age was equal to mine ; his port majestic ; his stature tall and slender , like the young shooting poplar in Lu- tha's streamy vales ; but ...
Page 47
... Cormac , ancestors to Fingal , are full of the particulars of the fall of the Druids : a singular fate it must be owned , of priests who had once established their superstition . The continual wars of the Caledonians against the Romans ...
... Cormac , ancestors to Fingal , are full of the particulars of the fall of the Druids : a singular fate it must be owned , of priests who had once established their superstition . The continual wars of the Caledonians against the Romans ...
Page 65
... Cormac , totally defeated Colculla , chief of Atha , and re - estab lished Cormac in the sole possession of all Ireland . It was then he fell in love with , and took to wife , Ros . crana , the daughter of Cormac , who was the mother of ...
... Cormac , totally defeated Colculla , chief of Atha , and re - estab lished Cormac in the sole possession of all Ireland . It was then he fell in love with , and took to wife , Ros . crana , the daughter of Cormac , who was the mother of ...
Page 66
... Cormac , the son of Artho . I forbear to transcribe the passage on account of its length . It is the song of Fonar , the bard ; to- wards the latter end of the seventh book of Temora . As the generations from Larthon to Cathmor , to ...
... Cormac , the son of Artho . I forbear to transcribe the passage on account of its length . It is the song of Fonar , the bard ; to- wards the latter end of the seventh book of Temora . As the generations from Larthon to Cathmor , to ...
Page 77
... Cormac , in the third century . Where Keat- ing and O'Flaherty learned that Ireland had an embo- died militia so early , is not so easy for me to determine Their information certainly did not come from the Irish poems concerning Fion ...
... Cormac , in the third century . Where Keat- ing and O'Flaherty learned that Ireland had an embo- died militia so early , is not so easy for me to determine Their information certainly did not come from the Irish poems concerning Fion ...
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arms arose art thou Atha Balclutha bards battle beam behold bend blast blood blue streams breast Cairbar Calmar car-borne Carril Carthon Cathmor cave chief cloud Clutha Comala Cona Connal Cormac Cromla Cuthullin dark daughter death distant dost thou dwelling echoing Erin eyes fall fame fathers feast feeble fell field Fillan Fingal fled Foldath friends Gaul ghosts gleaming gray grief hair hall hand harp hear heard heath heaven heroes hill Iliad Ireland king of Morven king of swords Lego lift light Lochlin maid midst mighty mist moon Morni mossy mournful Nathos night Oscar Ossian poems poet poetry race raised renown rise roar rock rolled rose rushed Selma shield side sigh silent song sons soul sound spear Starno steel steps stood storm strangers stream Swaran sword tears Temora thee tomb Trenmor Ullin Uthal vale voice warriors waves wind youth