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 48
... caves they had formerly used for their medita- tions . It is then we find them in the circle of stones , and unheeded by the world . A total disregard for the order , and utter abhorrence of the Druidical rites en- sued . Under this ...
... caves they had formerly used for their medita- tions . It is then we find them in the circle of stones , and unheeded by the world . A total disregard for the order , and utter abhorrence of the Druidical rites en- sued . Under this ...
Page 124
... caves , and talk of mortal men . Their songs are of other worlds . They come sometimes to the ear of rest , and raise their feeble voice . " All this presents to us much the same set of ideas concerning spirits , as we find in the ...
... caves , and talk of mortal men . Their songs are of other worlds . They come sometimes to the ear of rest , and raise their feeble voice . " All this presents to us much the same set of ideas concerning spirits , as we find in the ...
Page 127
... tled , The death of Cuthullin . He seems to forebode Cuthullin's death , and to beckon him to his cave . Cuthullin reproaches him for supposing that he could be intimidated by such prognostics . " Why dost thou ON THE POEMS OF OSSIAN . 127.
... tled , The death of Cuthullin . He seems to forebode Cuthullin's death , and to beckon him to his cave . Cuthullin reproaches him for supposing that he could be intimidated by such prognostics . " Why dost thou ON THE POEMS OF OSSIAN . 127.
Page 128
... cave : thou art not Calmar's ghost ; he delighted in battle ; and his arm was like the thunder of heaven . " Calmar makes no return to this seeming reproach but " he retired in his blast with joy ; for he had heard the voice of his ...
... cave : thou art not Calmar's ghost ; he delighted in battle ; and his arm was like the thunder of heaven . " Calmar makes no return to this seeming reproach but " he retired in his blast with joy ; for he had heard the voice of his ...
Page 158
... cave ; and it sends forth the dart of death . " This is a simile highly finished But there is another which is still more striking , found- ed also on mist , in the fourth book of Temora . factious chiefs are contending : Cathmor , the ...
... cave ; and it sends forth the dart of death . " This is a simile highly finished But there is another which is still more striking , found- ed also on mist , in the fourth book of Temora . factious chiefs are contending : Cathmor , the ...
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