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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... those who fell ? - My arm has fought in the battle ; my renown is known afar . Go to the feeble in arms , and bid them yield to Fingal . Have not I seen the fallen Balclutha And shall I feaft with Comhal's fon ? Comhal ! who threw his ...
... those who fell ? - My arm has fought in the battle ; my renown is known afar . Go to the feeble in arms , and bid them yield to Fingal . Have not I seen the fallen Balclutha And shall I feaft with Comhal's fon ? Comhal ! who threw his ...
Page 31
... those days of heroifin , a manifeft evasion of fighting him ; for , if it was once known , that friendship fubfifted , of old , between the ancestors of the combatants , the battle immediately ceafed ; and the ancient amity of their ...
... those days of heroifin , a manifeft evasion of fighting him ; for , if it was once known , that friendship fubfifted , of old , between the ancestors of the combatants , the battle immediately ceafed ; and the ancient amity of their ...
Page 46
... those who were not liked by their patrons , that they became a public nuifance . Screened under the character of heralds , they grofly abused the enemy when he would not accept the terms they offered . 0 20 what are the words of Torlath ...
... those who were not liked by their patrons , that they became a public nuifance . Screened under the character of heralds , they grofly abused the enemy when he would not accept the terms they offered . 0 20 what are the words of Torlath ...
Page 62
... those early times for no traces of it are found in the old poetry . : ( 1 ) The addrefs to the moon is very beautiful in the original . It is in a lyric measure , and ap pears to have been fung to the harp . ( 2 ) The poet means the ...
... those early times for no traces of it are found in the old poetry . : ( 1 ) The addrefs to the moon is very beautiful in the original . It is in a lyric measure , and ap pears to have been fung to the harp . ( 2 ) The poet means the ...
Page 65
... those times , they built their houses upon eminences , to command a view of the country , and to pre- vent their being surprized : many of them that account , were called Seláma . The famous Selma of Fingal is derived from the fame root ...
... those times , they built their houses upon eminences , to command a view of the country , and to pre- vent their being surprized : many of them that account , were called Seláma . The famous Selma of Fingal is derived from the fame root ...
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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