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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... . " Sedate I rose , for I despised the boaster's threats . The fair one's eye followed my departure . I heard a smothered sigh burst from her breast . The horn's harsh sound summoned us to the doubt . A PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE . 31.
... . " Sedate I rose , for I despised the boaster's threats . The fair one's eye followed my departure . I heard a smothered sigh burst from her breast . The horn's harsh sound summoned us to the doubt . A PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE . 31.
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... Let the maid throw a flower on my tomb , and mingle one tear with my dust ; this is my sole re . quest . This she can grant to my shade . " Wo . I would have spoken , but broken sighs issuing from 32 A PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE . Preface.
... Let the maid throw a flower on my tomb , and mingle one tear with my dust ; this is my sole re . quest . This she can grant to my shade . " Wo . I would have spoken , but broken sighs issuing from 32 A PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE . Preface.
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... sighs issuing from my breast , interrupted my faltering words . I threw my spear aside . I clasped the youth in my arms : but , alas ! his soul was already departed to the cloudy man- sions of his fathers . Then thrice I raised my voice ...
... sighs issuing from my breast , interrupted my faltering words . I threw my spear aside . I clasped the youth in my arms : but , alas ! his soul was already departed to the cloudy man- sions of his fathers . Then thrice I raised my voice ...
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... But when the years of my youth came on , I beheld the moss of my fallen walls . My sigh arose with the morning ; and my tears descended with night . Shall I not fight , I said to my soul 13 ON THE POEMS OF OSSIAN . 145.
... But when the years of my youth came on , I beheld the moss of my fallen walls . My sigh arose with the morning ; and my tears descended with night . Shall I not fight , I said to my soul 13 ON THE POEMS OF OSSIAN . 145.
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... sigh . She came in all her beauty ; like the moon from the cloud of the east . Loveliness was around her as light . Her steps were like the music of songs . She saw the youth and loved nim . He was the stolen sigh of her soul . Her blue ...
... sigh . She came in all her beauty ; like the moon from the cloud of the east . Loveliness was around her as light . Her steps were like the music of songs . She saw the youth and loved nim . He was the stolen sigh of her soul . Her blue ...
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