The Works of Ossian, the Son of Fingal, Volume 3J.Fr. Valade and sold by Theophilus Barrois, 1783 |
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... seen the warrior ? faid Cairbar with a figh . Are his heroes many on the coaft ? Lifts he the fpear of battle ? Or comes the king in peace ? : In peace he comes not , Cairbar . I have feen his forward fpear ( 1 ) . It is a meteor of ...
... seen the warrior ? faid Cairbar with a figh . Are his heroes many on the coaft ? Lifts he the fpear of battle ? Or comes the king in peace ? : In peace he comes not , Cairbar . I have feen his forward fpear ( 1 ) . It is a meteor of ...
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... seen a tomb , he will fay , by the roaring ftream , the dark dwelling of a chief . He fell by car - borne Ofcar , the first of mortal men . - I , perhaps , shall hear his voice ; and a beam of joy will rife in my foul . The night would ...
... seen a tomb , he will fay , by the roaring ftream , the dark dwelling of a chief . He fell by car - borne Ofcar , the first of mortal men . - I , perhaps , shall hear his voice ; and a beam of joy will rife in my foul . The night would ...
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... seen no more . But who , faid the foft - voiced Carril , come like the bounding roes ? their ftature is like the young trees of the plain , growing in a shower : - Soft and ruddy are their cheeks ; but fearless fouls look forth from ...
... seen no more . But who , faid the foft - voiced Carril , come like the bounding roes ? their ftature is like the young trees of the plain , growing in a shower : - Soft and ruddy are their cheeks ; but fearless fouls look forth from ...
Page 103
... seen the ghofts of thofe who fell bend forward to their fong . - Bid thou the harps to rife , and brighten the dead , on their wandering blafts . : Be all the dead forgot , faid Foldath's bursting wrath . Did not I fail in the field ...
... seen the ghofts of thofe who fell bend forward to their fong . - Bid thou the harps to rife , and brighten the dead , on their wandering blafts . : Be all the dead forgot , faid Foldath's bursting wrath . Did not I fail in the field ...
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... seen from his low - hung cloud . Joy rofe darkly in ( 1 ) Lear - thon , Sea - wave , the name of the chief of that colony of the Fir - bolg , which first migrated into Ireland . Larthon's firft fettlement in that coun- try is related in ...
... seen from his low - hung cloud . Joy rofe darkly in ( 1 ) Lear - thon , Sea - wave , the name of the chief of that colony of the Fir - bolg , which first migrated into Ireland . Larthon's firft fettlement in that coun- try is related in ...
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againſt amidſt antient arife army arofe art thou Atha bards battle beam behold bending blaft Caël Cairbar Caledonians Carril Cathmor chief circumftance Clatho Clono cloud compofitions Conar Cormac courfe courſe Crothar Cuchullin dark darkneſs daugh death defart defcended epifode Erin eyes faid fame father feaft fecret feem fent Ferad-artho fide field filent Fillan Fingal Fion Firbolg firft firſt Foldath fome fong foul fpear fpirit fteel fteps ftill ftood ftrangers ftreams ftrength ftrife fword Gaul ghofts gleaming grey harp hear heard heath hero hill himſelf hoft Inis-huna Irish king of Ireland Larthon lift Lubar Lumon Malthos mift miſt moffy Moi-lena Moma Mora Morni Morven moſt night Ofcar Offian paffage perfon Picts pleaſant poem poet poffeffed raiſed reft renowned rife rock roes rofe rolled Scots shield ſteps Strutha Sul-malla Temora thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thro tranflation Trenmor Ullin vale voice warriors waves winds