The Poems of Ossian, Volume 2W. Miller, 1805 - Scottish Gaelic poetry |
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Page 14
... Selma . Their voice is not in the desert wild . We melt along the pleasing sound ! ” * * * Fingal again advanced his steps , wide through the bosom of night , to where the trees of Loda By the beam of youth , it afterwards appears ...
... Selma . Their voice is not in the desert wild . We melt along the pleasing sound ! ” * * * Fingal again advanced his steps , wide through the bosom of night , to where the trees of Loda By the beam of youth , it afterwards appears ...
Page 19
... - haired Duth - maruno . " Where hast thou failed , young beam of Selma ! He returns not , from the bosom of night ! Morning is spread en U - thorno . In his mist is the sun , on his hill . Warriors , lift the shields , in my presence .
... - haired Duth - maruno . " Where hast thou failed , young beam of Selma ! He returns not , from the bosom of night ! Morning is spread en U - thorno . In his mist is the sun , on his hill . Warriors , lift the shields , in my presence .
Page 21
... Selma of kings . The regal au- thority , however , except in time of war , was but incon- siderable ; for every chief , within his own district , was absolute and independent . From the scene of the battle in this episode ( which was in ...
... Selma of kings . The regal au- thority , however , except in time of war , was but incon- siderable ; for every chief , within his own district , was absolute and independent . From the scene of the battle in this episode ( which was in ...
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... Selma of kings . But the chiefs led , by turns , in war , till mighty danger rose : then was the hour of the king to conquer in the field . * " Not unknown , " said Cromma - glass of shields , are the deeds of our fathers . But who 66 ...
... Selma of kings . But the chiefs led , by turns , in war , till mighty danger rose : then was the hour of the king to conquer in the field . * " Not unknown , " said Cromma - glass of shields , are the deeds of our fathers . But who 66 ...
Page 59
... Selma ; let the beam spread in the hall , the king of shells is returned ! The * The song of Ullin , with which the poem opens , is in a lyric measure . It was usual with Fingal , when he re- turned from his expeditions , to send his ...
... Selma ; let the beam spread in the hall , the king of shells is returned ! The * The song of Ullin , with which the poem opens , is in a lyric measure . It was usual with Fingal , when he re- turned from his expeditions , to send his ...
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Annir arms arose art thou Balclutha bards battle beam behold bend blast blood breast Cairbar Carril Carthon cave chace chief Clessammor clouds Clutha Colmal Comala Comhal Connal Crimora Croma Crugal Cuthullin Dargo dark dark-brown daugh daughter Daura death distant dost thou Duchomar Dunthalmo Duth-carmor dwelling echoing Erin eyes fame father feast feeble fell Fingal fled friends Frothal Gaul ghosts gloomy grief hair hall hand harp hear heard heath heroes Hidallan hill king lift Lochlin Loda maid Malvina meteor midst mighty mist Moina moon Morna Morni Morven mossy mournful night Oithona Oscar Ossian poem race raised Rathmor renowned rise roar rock rolled rose rushed sails Scandinavia Selma shield sigh song sons soul sound spear Starno steel stood storm strangers stream sun-beam Swaran sword tears thee tomb Torman tree trembling Trenmor Ullin vale voice warriors waves white-bosomed winds youth