The Poems of OssianBernhard Tauchnitz, 1847 - 382 pages |
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... renown : when he conquered in that rude field , where Lulan's warriors fell in blood , or rose in terror on the waves of the main . Darkly sat the grey - haired chief ; yet sorrow dwelt not in his soul . But when the warrior thought on ...
... renown : when he conquered in that rude field , where Lulan's warriors fell in blood , or rose in terror on the waves of the main . Darkly sat the grey - haired chief ; yet sorrow dwelt not in his soul . But when the warrior thought on ...
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... renown . Eight barons we overcame in the east , before the port of Diminum ; and plentifully we feasted the eagle in that slaughter . The warm stream of wounds ran into the ocean . The army fell before us . When we steered our ships ...
... renown . Eight barons we overcame in the east , before the port of Diminum ; and plentifully we feasted the eagle in that slaughter . The warm stream of wounds ran into the ocean . The army fell before us . When we steered our ships ...
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... renown of his son . As the sun rejoices from the cloud , over the tree his beams have raised , whilst it shakes its lonely head on the heath , so joyful is the king over Fillan . " Sedate , however , and wise , he mixes the praise which ...
... renown of his son . As the sun rejoices from the cloud , over the tree his beams have raised , whilst it shakes its lonely head on the heath , so joyful is the king over Fillan . " Sedate , however , and wise , he mixes the praise which ...
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... renown . Let thy voice alone send joy to my flying soul . Why should the bard know where dwells the early - fallen Fillan . " He who , after tracing the circumstances of this story , shall deny that our bard is possessed of high ...
... renown . Let thy voice alone send joy to my flying soul . Why should the bard know where dwells the early - fallen Fillan . " He who , after tracing the circumstances of this story , shall deny that our bard is possessed of high ...
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... renown is around them ; before the feeble behold them in the hall , and smile at their trembling hands . " But nowhere does Ossian's genius appear to greater advantage than in Barrathon , which is reckoned the conclusion of his songs ...
... renown is around them ; before the feeble behold them in the hall , and smile at their trembling hands . " But nowhere does Ossian's genius appear to greater advantage than in Barrathon , which is reckoned the conclusion of his songs ...
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The Poems of Ossian James MacPherson,Hugh 1718-1800 Critical Dissert Blair No preview available - 2016 |
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