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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... chief of ( 1 ) The grave : ( 2 ) —inhumati venit imago Conjugis , ora modis attollens pallida miris : Crudeles aras , trajectaque pectora ferro Nudavit.- VIRGI -the ghost appears Of her unhappy lord ; the spectre ftares , And with ...
... chief of ( 1 ) The grave : ( 2 ) —inhumati venit imago Conjugis , ora modis attollens pallida miris : Crudeles aras , trajectaque pectora ferro Nudavit.- VIRGI -the ghost appears Of her unhappy lord ; the spectre ftares , And with ...
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... chiefs no more . But , Ó ye bards of future times , remember the fall of Conlath with tears : he fell before his day ( 1 ) ; and fadness darkened in his hall . His mother looked to his shield on the wall , and it was bloody ( 2 ) . She ...
... chiefs no more . But , Ó ye bards of future times , remember the fall of Conlath with tears : he fell before his day ( 1 ) ; and fadness darkened in his hall . His mother looked to his shield on the wall , and it was bloody ( 2 ) . She ...
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... chief , faid Clessammor , in the midst of his fame ? Such was the renown of Comhal in the battles of his youth . Often did we pafs over Carun to the land of the ftrangers : our fwords returned , not unftained with blood : nor did the ...
... chief , faid Clessammor , in the midst of his fame ? Such was the renown of Comhal in the battles of his youth . Often did we pafs over Carun to the land of the ftrangers : our fwords returned , not unftained with blood : nor did the ...
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... 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 Bede . ( 2 ) Clutha ...
... 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 Bede . ( 2 ) Clutha ...
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... chief was among them , like the ftag in the midft of the herd . His shield is ftudded with gold , and ftately ftrode the king of fpears . He moved towards Selma ; his thousands moved behind . - Go , with thy fong of peace , faid Fingal ...
... chief was among them , like the ftag in the midft of the herd . His shield is ftudded with gold , and ftately ftrode the king of fpears . He moved towards Selma ; his thousands moved behind . - Go , with thy fong of peace , faid Fingal ...
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againſt arife arms arofe art thou Balclutha bards battle beam behold bends blaft blaſt breaft Cairbar Calmar car-borne Carthon Cathmor chief cloud Clutha coaft Colla Conlath Connal Cormac courfe courſe Crimora Cuchullin Dar-thula Dargo dark darkneſs daughter death defart defcend diftant doft thou Dunthalmo Etha eyes faid fallen fame father feaft feeble fell fide figh filent Fingal firft flain fleep fome fong foul fpear fpirit fpread fteel fteps ftood ftorm ftrangers ftream ftrength fword Gaul ghoft gray grief hair hall harp hear heard heath heroes hill himſelf hoft king Lathmon Lego lift maid mift mighty moffy moon Morven mournful Nathos night Nuath Ofcar Offian Oithóna paffed poem prefence raiſed reft renowned returned rife roar rock rofe rolled ruftling Selma shield ſon ſpear ſteps tears Temora thee thouſand tomb trembling Ufnoth Ullin Uthal voice warriors waves weft wind youth