The Works of Ossian, the Son of Fingal, Volume 2J.Fr. Valade and sold by Theophilus Barrois, 1783 - Scottish Gaelic poetry |
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... stranger's land rofe , in the - the vulgar think that they fee the fpirits of the deceased . ( 1 ) Fingal returns here from an expedition against the Romans , which was celebrated by Of fian in a particular poem which is in the tranfla ...
... stranger's land rofe , in the - the vulgar think that they fee the fpirits of the deceased . ( 1 ) Fingal returns here from an expedition against the Romans , which was celebrated by Of fian in a particular poem which is in the tranfla ...
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... strangers , Moina ( 1 ) with the dark - blue eyes ! : Tell , faid the mighty Fingal , the tale of Freed from his keepers , thus with broken reins , The wanton courfer prances o'er the plains ; Or in the pride of youth o'erleaps the ...
... strangers , Moina ( 1 ) with the dark - blue eyes ! : Tell , faid the mighty Fingal , the tale of Freed from his keepers , thus with broken reins , The wanton courfer prances o'er the plains ; Or in the pride of youth o'erleaps the ...
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... stranger came ; a chief who loved the white - bofomed Moina . His words were mighty in the hall , and he often half- unsheathed his fword . - Where , he faid , is ( 1 ) Balclutha , i . e . the town of Clyde , pro- bably the Alcluth of ...
... stranger came ; a chief who loved the white - bofomed Moina . His words were mighty in the hall , and he often half- unsheathed his fword . - Where , he faid , is ( 1 ) Balclutha , i . e . the town of Clyde , pro- bably the Alcluth of ...
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... Stranger ! thy words are mighty , for Clefsammor is alone . Bur my fword trem- bles by my fide , and longs to glitter in my hand . Speak no more of Comhal , fon of the winding Clutha ! - The ftrength of his pride arofe . We fought ; he ...
... Stranger ! thy words are mighty , for Clefsammor is alone . Bur my fword trem- bles by my fide , and longs to glitter in my hand . Speak no more of Comhal , fon of the winding Clutha ! - The ftrength of his pride arofe . We fought ; he ...
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... stranger's fon . How ftately art thou , fon of the fea ! faid the king of woody Morven . Thy fword is a beam of ... Stranger will be fad , and look to the rolling fea : -the children will fay , « We fee a ship ; « perhaps it is the king ...
... stranger's fon . How ftately art thou , fon of the fea ! faid the king of woody Morven . Thy fword is a beam of ... Stranger will be fad , and look to the rolling fea : -the children will fay , « We fee a ship ; « perhaps it is the king ...
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