The Poems of OssianBernhard Tauchnitz, 1847 - 382 pages |
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... sword ; abrupt rises Gormål ** in snow ! The tempests roll dark on his sides , but calm , above , his vast forehead appears . White issuing from the skirt of his storms , the troubled torrents pour down his sides . Joining , as they ...
... sword ; abrupt rises Gormål ** in snow ! The tempests roll dark on his sides , but calm , above , his vast forehead appears . White issuing from the skirt of his storms , the troubled torrents pour down his sides . Joining , as they ...
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... swords . Olaus's version is in many places so obscure as to be hardly intelligible . I have subjoined the whole below ... sword rung upon the coats of mail , and clove the bucklers in twain . None fled on that day , till among his ships ...
... swords . Olaus's version is in many places so obscure as to be hardly intelligible . I have subjoined the whole below ... sword rung upon the coats of mail , and clove the bucklers in twain . None fled on that day , till among his ships ...
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... sword bit the Scarfian rocks ; bloody was the shield in battle , until Rafno the king was slain . From the heads of ... swords in the plains of Lano . The virgin long bewailed the slaughter of that morning . " In this strain the poet ...
... sword bit the Scarfian rocks ; bloody was the shield in battle , until Rafno the king was slain . From the heads of ... swords in the plains of Lano . The virgin long bewailed the slaughter of that morning . " In this strain the poet ...
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... sword of some of my sons shall yet be stained with the blood of Ella . The valiant youths will wax red with anger , and will not sit in peace . Fifty and one times have I reared the standard in battle . In my youth I learned to dye the ...
... sword of some of my sons shall yet be stained with the blood of Ella . The valiant youths will wax red with anger , and will not sit in peace . Fifty and one times have I reared the standard in battle . In my youth I learned to dye the ...
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... sword to the bards , though his soul was dark . ' Loose the bards , ' said his brother Cathmor , ' they are the sons of other times . Their voice shall be heard in other ages , when the kings of Temora have failed . " " From all this ...
... sword to the bards , though his soul was dark . ' Loose the bards , ' said his brother Cathmor , ' they are the sons of other times . Their voice shall be heard in other ages , when the kings of Temora have failed . " " From all this ...
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The Poems of Ossian James MacPherson,Hugh 1718-1800 Critical Dissert Blair No preview available - 2016 |
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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