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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... eyes were bent on earth . Dignity flowed round her graceful steps . A shining tear fell glittering on her cheek ... eye followed my departure . I heard a smothered sigh burst from her breast . The horn's harsh sound summoned us to the ...
... eyes were bent on earth . Dignity flowed round her graceful steps . A shining tear fell glittering on her cheek ... eye followed my departure . I heard a smothered sigh burst from her breast . The horn's harsh sound summoned us to the ...
Page 32
... eye . His shaggy brows stood erect . His face was contracted with scorn . Thrice his spear pierced my buckler . Thrice his ... eyes . I stretched forth my hand to the chief . I proffered gentle words of peace . Faintly he seized my hand ...
... eye . His shaggy brows stood erect . His face was contracted with scorn . Thrice his spear pierced my buckler . Thrice his ... eyes . I stretched forth my hand to the chief . I proffered gentle words of peace . Faintly he seized my hand ...
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... eyes , like two stars that rise on the deep , when dark tumult embroils the night . Pleasant are their beams aloft , as stately they ascend the skies . Nor Odin forgot , in aught , the maid . Her form scarce equalled her lofty mind ...
... eyes , like two stars that rise on the deep , when dark tumult embroils the night . Pleasant are their beams aloft , as stately they ascend the skies . Nor Odin forgot , in aught , the maid . Her form scarce equalled her lofty mind ...
Page 42
... eyes Like two bright stars , exulting as they rise , O'er the dark tumult of a stormy night , And gladd'ning heaven with their majestic light . In nought is Odin to the maid unkind , Her form scarce equals her exalted mind ; Awe leads ...
... eyes Like two bright stars , exulting as they rise , O'er the dark tumult of a stormy night , And gladd'ning heaven with their majestic light . In nought is Odin to the maid unkind , Her form scarce equals her exalted mind ; Awe leads ...
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... eyes a spirit from the invisible world , dis- tinguished by all those features which a strong , aston- ished imagination would give to a ghost . " A dark- red stream of fire comes down from the hill . Crugal sat upon the beam ; he that ...
... eyes a spirit from the invisible world , dis- tinguished by all those features which a strong , aston- ished imagination would give to a ghost . " A dark- red stream of fire comes down from the hill . Crugal sat upon the beam ; he that ...
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