The Poems of OssianBernhard Tauchnitz, 1847 - 382 pages |
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... moved around her stately steps . Heroes loved - but shrunk away in their fears . Yet midst the pride of all her charms , her heart was soft and her soul was kind . She saw the mournful with tearful eyes . Transient darkness arose in her ...
... moved around her stately steps . Heroes loved - but shrunk away in their fears . Yet midst the pride of all her charms , her heart was soft and her soul was kind . She saw the mournful with tearful eyes . Transient darkness arose in her ...
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... moved the maid alone , & c . THE SAME VERSIFIED . Where fair - hair'd Harold o'er Scandinia reign'd , And held with justice what his valour gain'd , Sevo , in snow , his rugged forehead rears , And , o'er the warfare of his storms ...
... moved the maid alone , & c . THE SAME VERSIFIED . Where fair - hair'd Harold o'er Scandinia reign'd , And held with justice what his valour gain'd , Sevo , in snow , his rugged forehead rears , And , o'er the warfare of his storms ...
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... moved first towards the plains of Lena ; and we followed like a ridge of fire . Spread the sail , said the king of Morven , and catch the winds that pour from Lena . We rose on the wave with songs ; and rushed with joy through the foam ...
... moved first towards the plains of Lena ; and we followed like a ridge of fire . Spread the sail , said the king of Morven , and catch the winds that pour from Lena . We rose on the wave with songs ; and rushed with joy through the foam ...
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... moved behind a storm . The green hills lift their dewy heads . The blue streams rejoice in the vale . The aged hero comes forth on his staff ; and his grey hair glitters in the beam . " Never was there a finer group of objects . It ...
... moved behind a storm . The green hills lift their dewy heads . The blue streams rejoice in the vale . The aged hero comes forth on his staff ; and his grey hair glitters in the beam . " Never was there a finer group of objects . It ...
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... moved on the dark , the thickened phalanx to the war . ' " * _ " They came , " says Ossian , " over the desert like stormy clouds , when the winds roll them over the heath ; their edges are tinged with lightning ; and the echoing groves ...
... moved on the dark , the thickened phalanx to the war . ' " * _ " They came , " says Ossian , " over the desert like stormy clouds , when the winds roll them over the heath ; their edges are tinged with lightning ; and the echoing groves ...
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The Poems of Ossian James MacPherson,Hugh 1718-1800 Critical Dissert Blair No preview available - 2016 |
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