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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Page 30
... Lego . He said . " Many warlike youths are assembled to gain the dark- haired maid , the beauteous Evir - allen . Branno will give her to the brave . The conqueror shall bear away the fair . Erin's chiefs dispute the maid , for she is ...
... Lego . He said . " Many warlike youths are assembled to gain the dark- haired maid , the beauteous Evir - allen . Branno will give her to the brave . The conqueror shall bear away the fair . Erin's chiefs dispute the maid , for she is ...
Page 32
... Lego's shores re - echoed from his fall . Then advanced 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 ...
... Lego's shores re - echoed from his fall . Then advanced 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 ...
Page 105
... Lego . A mode of expression which , while it is characteris- tical of ancient ages , is at the same time highly favora ble to descriptive poetry . For the same reasons , per- sonification is a poetical figure not very common with Ossian ...
... Lego . A mode of expression which , while it is characteris- tical of ancient ages , is at the same time highly favora ble to descriptive poetry . For the same reasons , per- sonification is a poetical figure not very common with Ossian ...
Page 125
... Lego . - My ghost , O Connal ! is on my native hills ; but my corse is on the sands of Ulla . Thou shalt never talk with Crugal , or find his lone steps in the heath . I am light as the blast of Cromla ; and I move like the shadow of ...
... Lego . - My ghost , O Connal ! is on my native hills ; but my corse is on the sands of Ulla . Thou shalt never talk with Crugal , or find his lone steps in the heath . I am light as the blast of Cromla ; and I move like the shadow of ...
Page 270
... from its bough . Onward came the rattling of steel . It was Oscar of Lego . He had seen his fathers . ' As rushes forth the blast on the bosom of whitening waves , so careless shall my course be , through 270 THE POEMS OF OSSIAN .
... from its bough . Onward came the rattling of steel . It was Oscar of Lego . He had seen his fathers . ' As rushes forth the blast on the bosom of whitening waves , so careless shall my course be , through 270 THE POEMS OF OSSIAN .
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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