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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... strangers be pre- ferred ? Soon shall he be rolled away , like mis by the rushing breath of the tempest . " Sedate I rose , for I despised the boaster's threats . The fair one's eye followed my departure . I heard a smothered sigh burst ...
... strangers be pre- ferred ? Soon shall he be rolled away , like mis by the rushing breath of the tempest . " Sedate I rose , for I despised the boaster's threats . The fair one's eye followed my departure . I heard a smothered sigh burst ...
Page 32
... Stranger , " he said , " I willingly die , for my days were oppressed with Evir - allen rejected my love . She slighted my tender suit . Thou alone deservest the maid , for pity reigns in thy soul , and thou art generous and brave ...
... Stranger , " he said , " I willingly die , for my days were oppressed with Evir - allen rejected my love . She slighted my tender suit . Thou alone deservest the maid , for pity reigns in thy soul , and thou art generous and brave ...
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... strangers to the ancient language of their nation , they contented themselves with copying from one another , and retail . ing the same fictions in a new color and dress . John Fordun was the first who collected those frag- ments of the ...
... strangers to the ancient language of their nation , they contented themselves with copying from one another , and retail . ing the same fictions in a new color and dress . John Fordun was the first who collected those frag- ments of the ...
Page 61
... strangers , " as well as Gauls , or Celts , some have imagined , that the ancestors of the Caledonians were of a different race from the rest of the Britons , and that they received their name upon that account . This opinion , say they ...
... strangers , " as well as Gauls , or Celts , some have imagined , that the ancestors of the Caledonians were of a different race from the rest of the Britons , and that they received their name upon that account . This opinion , say they ...
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... strangers . It was after the accession of territory which the Scots received upon the retreat of the Romans from Britain , that the inhabitants of the Highlands were divided into clans . The king , when he kept his court in the ...
... strangers . It was after the accession of territory which the Scots received upon the retreat of the Romans from Britain , that the inhabitants of the Highlands were divided into clans . The king , when he kept his court in the ...
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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