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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... harp . It hangs long neg- lected in my hall . The stream of years has borne me away in its course , and rolled away all my bliss . Dim and faded are my eyes ; thin - strewed with hairs my head . Weak is that nervous arm , once the ...
... harp . It hangs long neg- lected in my hall . The stream of years has borne me away in its course , and rolled away all my bliss . Dim and faded are my eyes ; thin - strewed with hairs my head . Weak is that nervous arm , once the ...
Page 31
... harp's melodious voice arose from the string of the bards . My soul melted away in the sounds , for my heart , like a stream , flowed gently away in song . Murmurs soon broke upon our joy . Half - unsheathed daggers gleamed . Many a ...
... harp's melodious voice arose from the string of the bards . My soul melted away in the sounds , for my heart , like a stream , flowed gently away in song . Murmurs soon broke upon our joy . Half - unsheathed daggers gleamed . Many a ...
Page 37
... either way , still The harp in Selma was not idly strung , And long shall last the themes our poet sung . Feb. 1 1806 . Berrathon . PREFACE . WITHOUT increasing his genius , the author may A PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE . 37 33.
... either way , still The harp in Selma was not idly strung , And long shall last the themes our poet sung . Feb. 1 1806 . Berrathon . PREFACE . WITHOUT increasing his genius , the author may A PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE . 37 33.
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... harp ; and the brave Cuthullin was of so diminutive a size , as to be taken for a child of two years of age by the gigantic Swaran . To illustrate this subject , I shall here ly before the reader the history of some of the Irish poema ...
... harp ; and the brave Cuthullin was of so diminutive a size , as to be taken for a child of two years of age by the gigantic Swaran . To illustrate this subject , I shall here ly before the reader the history of some of the Irish poema ...
Page 129
... harp : all perfectly consonant , not only to the peculiar ideas of northern nations , but to the general current of a superstitious imagination in all countries . The description of Fingal's airy hall , in the poem called Errathon , and ...
... harp : all perfectly consonant , not only to the peculiar ideas of northern nations , but to the general current of a superstitious imagination in all countries . The description of Fingal's airy hall , in the poem called Errathon , and ...
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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