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 32
... death . He fell . Blood gushed from his panting breast . Tears flowed streaming from mine eyes . I stretched forth my hand to the chief . I proffered gentle words of peace . Faintly he seized my hand . " Stranger , " he said , " I ...
... death . He fell . Blood gushed from his panting breast . Tears flowed streaming from mine eyes . I stretched forth my hand to the chief . I proffered gentle words of peace . Faintly he seized my hand . " Stranger , " he said , " I ...
Page 51
... death , and with schemes to supplant his brother Geta . He scarcely haa entered into the enemy's country , when news was rought him that Severus was dead , A sudder peace is patched up with the Caledonians , and , as it appears from ...
... death , and with schemes to supplant his brother Geta . He scarcely haa entered into the enemy's country , when news was rought him that Severus was dead , A sudder peace is patched up with the Caledonians , and , as it appears from ...
Page 80
... is " Cath - cabhra , " or " The Death of Oscar . " This piece is founded on the same story which we have in the first book of Temora . So little thought the author of Cath - cabhra of making Oscar his countryman , 80 DISSERTATION ON.
... is " Cath - cabhra , " or " The Death of Oscar . " This piece is founded on the same story which we have in the first book of Temora . So little thought the author of Cath - cabhra of making Oscar his countryman , 80 DISSERTATION ON.
Page 94
... death of two of his sons in battle ; and the lamentation he describes as made for one of them is very singular . A ... death . " What is more cer- tain to the brave man than death , though amidst the storm of swords he stands always ...
... death of two of his sons in battle ; and the lamentation he describes as made for one of them is very singular . A ... death . " What is more cer- tain to the brave man than death , though amidst the storm of swords he stands always ...
Page 95
... death . I come not with the voice of despair to Odin's hall . How eagerly would all the sons of Aslauga now rush to war , did they know the distress of their father , whom a mul- itude of venomous serpents tear ! I have given to my ...
... death . I come not with the voice of despair to Odin's hall . How eagerly would all the sons of Aslauga now rush to war , did they know the distress of their father , whom a mul- itude of venomous serpents tear ! I have given to my ...
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