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 157
... Uthal is " dark as the troubled face of the moon , when it foretells the storm . " And by a very fanciful and uncommon allusion , it is said of Cormac , who was to die in his early years , " Nor long shalt thou lift the spear , mildly ...
... Uthal is " dark as the troubled face of the moon , when it foretells the storm . " And by a very fanciful and uncommon allusion , it is said of Cormac , who was to die in his early years , " Nor long shalt thou lift the spear , mildly ...
Page 243
... Uthal , sup- posed to be one of the Orkneys , taking advantage of the absence of her friends , came and carried off , by force , Oithona , who had formerly rejected his love , into Tromáthon , a desert island , where he concealed her in ...
... Uthal , sup- posed to be one of the Orkneys , taking advantage of the absence of her friends , came and carried off , by force , Oithona , who had formerly rejected his love , into Tromáthon , a desert island , where he concealed her in ...
Page 483
... Uthal . Uthal was hand- some , and , by the ladies , much admired . Nina - thoma , the beau tiful daughter of Tor - thoma , a neighboring prince , fell in love and fled with him . He proved inconstant ; for another lady , whose name is ...
... Uthal . Uthal was hand- some , and , by the ladies , much admired . Nina - thoma , the beau tiful daughter of Tor - thoma , a neighboring prince , fell in love and fled with him . He proved inconstant ; for another lady , whose name is ...
Page 486
... Uthal , the love of a thousand maids . He bound the aged Larth- mor , and dwelt in his sounding halls ! Long pined the king in his cave , beside his rolling sea . Day did not come to his dwelling : nor the burn- ing oak by night . But ...
... Uthal , the love of a thousand maids . He bound the aged Larth- mor , and dwelt in his sounding halls ! Long pined the king in his cave , beside his rolling sea . Day did not come to his dwelling : nor the burn- ing oak by night . But ...
Page 487
... Uthal ! like the sun cf heaven ! The souls of the virgins are thine , son of generous Larthmor ! But why dost thou leave me alone , in the midst of roaring waters ? Was my soul dark with thy death ? Did my white hand lift the sword ...
... Uthal ! like the sun cf heaven ! The souls of the virgins are thine , son of generous Larthmor ! But why dost thou leave me alone , in the midst of roaring waters ? Was my soul dark with thy death ? Did my white hand lift the sword ...
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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