The Poems of OssianBernhard Tauchnitz, 1847 - 382 pages |
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Page 74
... blast of Cromla ; and I move like the shadow of mist . Connal , son of Colgar ! I see the dark cloud of death . It hovers over the plains of Lena . The sons of green Erin shall fall . Remove from the field of ghosts . Like the darkened ...
... blast of Cromla ; and I move like the shadow of mist . Connal , son of Colgar ! I see the dark cloud of death . It hovers over the plains of Lena . The sons of green Erin shall fall . Remove from the field of ghosts . Like the darkened ...
Page 80
... blast to rejoice over the graves of those he had slain . Yet Ossian , ever prone to the pathetic , has contrived to throw into his account of the death even of this man , some tender circum- stances , by the moving description of his ...
... blast to rejoice over the graves of those he had slain . Yet Ossian , ever prone to the pathetic , has contrived to throw into his account of the death even of this man , some tender circum- stances , by the moving description of his ...
Page 83
... blast . The troubled ocean feels his steps , as he strides from wave to wave . His path kindles behind him ; islands shake their heads on the heaving seas . " But the poet's art is not yet exhausted . The fall of this noble young ...
... blast . The troubled ocean feels his steps , as he strides from wave to wave . His path kindles behind him ; islands shake their heads on the heaving seas . " But the poet's art is not yet exhausted . The fall of this noble young ...
Page 88
... blast that shall scatter my leaves . " Malvina's death is hinted to him in the most delicate manner by the son of Alpin . His lamentation over her , her apotheosis , or ascent to the habi- tation of heroes , and the introduction to the ...
... blast that shall scatter my leaves . " Malvina's death is hinted to him in the most delicate manner by the son of Alpin . His lamentation over her , her apotheosis , or ascent to the habi- tation of heroes , and the introduction to the ...
Page 103
... blast hath entered its womb , and scatters the curling gloom on every side . " Ossian's clouds assume a great many forms ; and , as we might expect from his climate , are a fertile source of imagery to him . " The warriors followed ...
... blast hath entered its womb , and scatters the curling gloom on every side . " Ossian's clouds assume a great many forms ; and , as we might expect from his climate , are a fertile source of imagery to him . " The warriors followed ...
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arms arose art thou Atha Balclutha bards battle beam behold bend blast blood blue streams 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 fallen fame fathers feast feeble fell field Fillan Fingal fled Foldath friends Gaul ghosts gleaming grey grief hair hall hand harp hear heard heath heaven heroes hill king of Morven king of swords Lego lift light Lochlin maid midst mighty mist moon Morni mossy mournful Nathos night Oscar Ossian poem Poems of Ossian poet race raised rejoice renown rise roar rock rolled rose rushed Selma shield side sigh silent song sons soul sound spear Starno steel steps storm strangers stream Swaran sword tears Temora thee tomb trembling Trenmor Ullin Uthal vale voice warriors waves wind youth