The Poems of Ossian, Volume 2W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1785 - 435 pages |
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... his death was intended , by the found of a shield struck with the blunt end of a spear ; at the fame time that a bard at a distance raised the death fong . Cairbar , Cairbar , " I behold the fpear * of Erin Book . I. AN EPIC POEM . II.
... his death was intended , by the found of a shield struck with the blunt end of a spear ; at the fame time that a bard at a distance raised the death fong . Cairbar , Cairbar , " I behold the fpear * of Erin Book . I. AN EPIC POEM . II.
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... shield of Trenmor . Sleep defcended on his eyes . His future battles arofe in his dreams . The hoft are fleeping around . Dark - haired Fin- lan obferves the foe . His fteps are on a diftant hill . We hear , at times , his clanging ...
... shield of Trenmor . Sleep defcended on his eyes . His future battles arofe in his dreams . The hoft are fleeping around . Dark - haired Fin- lan obferves the foe . His fteps are on a diftant hill . We hear , at times , his clanging ...
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... shield of generous Cathmor . Their gathering is on that heath . Shall my fteps approach their hoft ? I yielded to Ofcar alone , in the ftrife of the race , on Cona ! " " FILLAN , thou shalt not approach their hoft ; nor fall before thy ...
... shield of generous Cathmor . Their gathering is on that heath . Shall my fteps approach their hoft ? I yielded to Ofcar alone , in the ftrife of the race , on Cona ! " " FILLAN , thou shalt not approach their hoft ; nor fall before thy ...
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... shield . The found reached Offian's ear , on Mora's moffy brow . " FILLAN , " I faid , " the foes advance . I hear the fhield of war . Stand thou in the nar- row path . Offian fhall mark their courfe . If 票 over my fall the hoft fhould ...
... shield . The found reached Offian's ear , on Mora's moffy brow . " FILLAN , " I faid , " the foes advance . I hear the fhield of war . Stand thou in the nar- row path . Offian fhall mark their courfe . If 票 over my fall the hoft fhould ...
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... shields reply around . Fear , like a vapour , winds not among the hoft : for HE , THE KING , is near , the ftrength of ftreamy Selma . Gladness brightens the hero . We hear his words with joy . 1 " LIKE the coming forth of winds , is ...
... shields reply around . Fear , like a vapour , winds not among the hoft : for HE , THE KING , is near , the ftrength of ftreamy Selma . Gladness brightens the hero . We hear his words with joy . 1 " LIKE the coming forth of winds , is ...
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Page 412 - Clos'd o'er the head of your lov'd Lycidas? For neither were ye playing on the steep, Where your old Bards, the famous Druids, lie, Nor on the shaggy top of Mona high, Nor yet where Deva spreads her wizard stream: Ay me!
Page 408 - The land through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it, are men of a great stature. And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants : and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
Page 411 - Tom? whom the foul fiend hath led through fire and through flame, through ford and whirlpool, o'er bog and quagmire; that hath laid knives under his pillow, and halters in his pew...
Page 401 - I, like an ancient oak on Morven, I moulder alone in my place. The blast hath lopped my branches away; and I tremble at the wings of the north.
Page 390 - Cormac who was distant far, in Temora's echoing halls; he learned to bend the bow of his fathers, and to lift the spear. Nor long didst thou lift the spear, mildly shining beam of youth! Death stands dim behind thee, like the darkened half of the moon behind its growing light!
Page 373 - I have seen the walls of Balclutha, but they were desolate. The fire had resounded in the halls : and the voice of the people is heard no more. The stream of Clutha was removed from its place by the fall of the walls. The thistle shook there its lonely head ; the moss whistled to the wind. The fox looked out from the windows, the rank grass of the wall waved round its head. Desolate is the dwelling of Moina, silence is in the house of her fathers.
Page 338 - Ofcar! bend the ftrong in arms, but fpare the feeble hand. Be thou a ftream of many tides againft the foes of thy people ; but like the gale that moves the...
Page 282 - An American chief, at this day, harangues at the head of his tribe, in a more bold metaphorical style, than a modern European would adventure to use in an Epic poem.
Page 377 - Gaul in his arms, and my foul was mixed with his : for the fire of the battle was in his eyes ! he looked to the foe with joy. We fpoke the words of friendship in fecret ; and the lightning of our fwords poured together ; for we drew them behind the wood, and tried the ftrength of our arms on the empty air.
Page 424 - I hear, at times, the ghosts of bards, and learn their pleasant song. But memory fails on my mind. I hear the call of years! They say, as they pass along, why does Ossian sing?