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... thofe of the Tranflator , could atone for the fimplicity and energy , which they would lofe . The determination of this point shall be left to the readers of this preface . The following is the beginning of a Poem , translated from the ...
... thofe of the Tranflator , could atone for the fimplicity and energy , which they would lofe . The determination of this point shall be left to the readers of this preface . The following is the beginning of a Poem , translated from the ...
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... thofe compofitions , in which the narration is often interrupted , by episodes and apostrophes , by the name of Duän . Since the extinction of the order of the bards , it has been a general name for all ancient compo- fitions in verfe ...
... thofe compofitions , in which the narration is often interrupted , by episodes and apostrophes , by the name of Duän . Since the extinction of the order of the bards , it has been a general name for all ancient compo- fitions in verfe ...
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... thofe trivial compofitions , which the Irish bards forged , under the name of Offian , in , the fifteenth and fixteenth centuries . Duth - maruno fignifies , black and steady ; Cromma - glas , bending and fwarthy ; Struthmor , roaring ...
... thofe trivial compofitions , which the Irish bards forged , under the name of Offian , in , the fifteenth and fixteenth centuries . Duth - maruno fignifies , black and steady ; Cromma - glas , bending and fwarthy ; Struthmor , roaring ...
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... thofe reguli to join together , but , as they were unwilling to yield to the command of one of their own number , their bat- tles were ill - conducted , and , confequently , unsuccessful . Tren- mor was the firft who represented to the ...
... thofe reguli to join together , but , as they were unwilling to yield to the command of one of their own number , their bat- tles were ill - conducted , and , confequently , unsuccessful . Tren- mor was the firft who represented to the ...
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... thofe difagreeable characters fo peculiar to her family . She is altogether tender and de- licate . Homer , of all ancient poets , ufes the fex with leaft ceremony . His cold contempt is even worse than he downright abufe of the moderns ...
... thofe difagreeable characters fo peculiar to her family . She is altogether tender and de- licate . Homer , of all ancient poets , ufes the fex with leaft ceremony . His cold contempt is even worse than he downright abufe of the moderns ...
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againſt arife arms arofe art thou Balclutha bards battle beam behold blaft breaft Cairbar Calmar Carril Carthon cave chace chief clouds Comala Connal courſe Crimora Cromla Cuthullin Dar-thula Dargo dark darkneſs daugh daughter death defart defcended diftant doft thou echoing Erin eyes faid fame fathers feaft feaſt fecret feeble feen fell fhall fhells fhield fide figh fight filent Fingal firſt flain fome fong foul fpear fpread friends fteel fteps ftone ftood ftorm ftrangers ftream ftrength fword Gaul ghofts ghoſt hall harp heard heath heroes hill himſelf king of Morven Lego Lochlin maid midſt mift mighty moffy Morni mournful Nathos night Ofcar Offian paffed poem raiſed reft renown rife roar rock rofe rolled ruſhed ſaid Scandinavia Selma Semo ſhall ſon ſpear Starno ſteel ſteps Swaran tears Temora thee thouſand tomb Torman Trenmor Ullin vale voice warriors waves wind youth
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Page 211 - Thou hast no mother to mourn thee, no maid with her tears of love. Dead is she that brought thee forth. Fallen is the daughter of Morglan.
Page 211 - Narrow is thy dwelling now! dark the place of thine abode! With three steps I compass thy grave, O thou who wast so great before. Four stones, with their heads of moss, are the only memorial of thee. A tree with scarce a leaf, long grass which whistles in the wind, 'mark to the hunter's eye the grave of the mighty Morar.
Page 210 - RYNO The wind and the rain are past: calm is the noon of day. The clouds are divided in heaven. Over the green hills flies the inconstant sun.
Page 246 - He fell by the hand of Swaran, striving in the battle of heroes. His face is like the beam of the setting moon. His robes are of the clouds of the hill. His eyes are two decaying flames! Dark is the wound of his breast! 'Crugal,' said the mighty Connal, 'son of Dedgal famed on the hill of hinds!
Page 370 - ... of my fathers ! bend. Lay by the red terror of your course. Receive the falling chief; whether he comes from a distant land, or rises from the rolling sea. Let his robe of mist be near ; his spear that is form'd of a cloud.
Page 99 - Light of the shadowy thoughts that fly across my soul, daughter of Toscar of helmets, wilt thou not hear the song? We call back, maid of Lutha, the years that have rolled away...
Page 205 - And it does arise in its strength! I behold my departed friends. Their gathering is on Lora, as in the days of other years.
Page 226 - Rossa! what shades the soul of war?" "Four stones," replied the chief, "rise on the grave of Cathba. These hands have laid in earth Duchomar, that cloud in war. Cathba, son of Torman ! thou wert a sunbeam in Erin. And thou, O valiant Duchomar! a mist of the marshy Lano, when it moves on the plains of autumn, bearing the death of thousands along.
Page 207 - Colma. — It is night; I am alone, forlorn on the hill of storms. The wind is heard in the mountain. The torrent pours' down the rock. No hut receives me from the rain ; forlorn on the hill of winds...
Page 215 - Before morning appeared, her voice was weak. It died away, like the evening breeze among the grass of the rocks. Spent with grief she expired; and left thee Armin alone.