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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... night was flormy . From their hills the groaning oaks came down . The fea dark- ly - tumbled beneath the blaft , and the roaring waves were climbing against our ( 1 ) Cuthona the daughter of Rumar , whom Tol car had carried away by ...
... night was flormy . From their hills the groaning oaks came down . The fea dark- ly - tumbled beneath the blaft , and the roaring waves were climbing against our ( 1 ) Cuthona the daughter of Rumar , whom Tol car had carried away by ...
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... night . [ 1 ] Silent he ftood on that bank ; his robe of mift flew on the wind .. I could behold his tears : an aged man he feemed , and full of thought . FERCUTH . It was thy father , O Tofcar ; and he fore- fees fome death among his ...
... night . [ 1 ] Silent he ftood on that bank ; his robe of mift flew on the wind .. I could behold his tears : an aged man he feemed , and full of thought . FERCUTH . It was thy father , O Tofcar ; and he fore- fees fome death among his ...
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... night . TOSCAR . Whither is the foul of battle fled , Fercuth with the locks of age ? I have seen thee un- daunted in danger , and thine eyes burning with joy in the fight . Whither is the foul of battle fled ? Our fathers never feared ...
... night . TOSCAR . Whither is the foul of battle fled , Fercuth with the locks of age ? I have seen thee un- daunted in danger , and thine eyes burning with joy in the fight . Whither is the foul of battle fled ? Our fathers never feared ...
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... night comes , and the day returns , but none appears to raise their tomb . Thou frightneft the screaming fowls ( 3 ) away , and thy tears for ever flow . Thou art pale as a watry cloud , that rifes from a lake . ( 1 ) Nam quia nec fato ...
... night comes , and the day returns , but none appears to raise their tomb . Thou frightneft the screaming fowls ( 3 ) away , and thy tears for ever flow . Thou art pale as a watry cloud , that rifes from a lake . ( 1 ) Nam quia nec fato ...
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... that fleep may defcend at night . O that I could forget my friends till my footsteps cease to be seen ! till I come among them with joy and lay my aged limbs in the narrow houfe ! 1 CARTHON : A POEM . . A POEM . A vj A POEM . Tr.
... that fleep may defcend at night . O that I could forget my friends till my footsteps cease to be seen ! till I come among them with joy and lay my aged limbs in the narrow houfe ! 1 CARTHON : A POEM . . A POEM . A vj A POEM . Tr.
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