The Works of Ossian, the Son of Fingal, Volume 3J.Fr. Valade and sold by Theophilus Barrois, 1783 |
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... harp ; and the brave Cuchullin was of fo diminutive a fize , as to be taken for a child of two years of age , by the gigantic Swaran . To illuftrate this fubject , I shall here lay before the reader , the history of fome of the Irish ...
... harp ; and the brave Cuchullin was of fo diminutive a fize , as to be taken for a child of two years of age , by the gigantic Swaran . To illuftrate this fubject , I shall here lay before the reader , the history of fome of the Irish ...
Page 12
... harp of the king . Go to Ofcar chief of fwords , and bid him to our feast . To - day we feaft and hear the fong ; to - morrow break the fpears . Tell him that I have raised the tomb of Cathol ( 1 ) ; that bards have fung ( 1 ) Cathol ...
... harp of the king . Go to Ofcar chief of fwords , and bid him to our feast . To - day we feaft and hear the fong ; to - morrow break the fpears . Tell him that I have raised the tomb of Cathol ( 1 ) ; that bards have fung ( 1 ) Cathol ...
Page 17
... harps ceafed at once . The clang ( 1 ) of shields was heard . Far diftant on the heath Olla raised his fong of woe . My fon knew the fign of death ; and rifing feized his fpear . Ofcar ! faid the dark - red Cairbar , I behold the fpear ...
... harps ceafed at once . The clang ( 1 ) of shields was heard . Far diftant on the heath Olla raised his fong of woe . My fon knew the fign of death ; and rifing feized his fpear . Ofcar ! faid the dark - red Cairbar , I behold the fpear ...
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... harps . Let the daughters of Morven weep . We shall fight in Erin for the race of fallen Cormac . The days of my years begin to fail I feel the weakness of my arm . My fathers bend from their clouds , to receive their grey - hair'd fon ...
... harps . Let the daughters of Morven weep . We shall fight in Erin for the race of fallen Cormac . The days of my years begin to fail I feel the weakness of my arm . My fathers bend from their clouds , to receive their grey - hair'd fon ...
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... harp . Cormac food in the midft , like the morning ftar , when it rejoices on the eastern hill , and its young beams are bathed in showers . - The fword of Artho ( 1 ) was in the hand of the king ; and he looked with joy on its polished ...
... harp . Cormac food in the midft , like the morning ftar , when it rejoices on the eastern hill , and its young beams are bathed in showers . - The fword of Artho ( 1 ) was in the hand of the king ; and he looked with joy on its polished ...
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