Fragments of ancient poetry, collected in the highlands of Scotland, and tr. [by J. Macpherson.].1760 |
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... morn ; mild as the beam of night . Her eyes , like two ftars in a fhower : her breath , the gale of fpring her breafts , as the new- fallen fnow floating on the moving heath . The warriours faw her , and loved ; their fouls were fixed ...
... morn ; mild as the beam of night . Her eyes , like two ftars in a fhower : her breath , the gale of fpring her breafts , as the new- fallen fnow floating on the moving heath . The warriours faw her , and loved ; their fouls were fixed ...
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... when fainting they fell , and expi- red . Rivine came out with the morn ; and O what detains my Ronnan ! -She faw him lying pale in his blood ; and her brother lying pale by his fide .. What T What could fhe fay ? what could fhe do ? [ 44 ]
... when fainting they fell , and expi- red . Rivine came out with the morn ; and O what detains my Ronnan ! -She faw him lying pale in his blood ; and her brother lying pale by his fide .. What T What could fhe fay ? what could fhe do ? [ 44 ]
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... I will not be afraid.- -Whither are ye gone to reft ? In what cave of the hill fhall I find you ? I fit in my grief . ing in my tears . I wait for morn- Rear the tomb , ye friends friends of the dead ; but close it not till [ 48 ]
... I will not be afraid.- -Whither are ye gone to reft ? In what cave of the hill fhall I find you ? I fit in my grief . ing in my tears . I wait for morn- Rear the tomb , ye friends friends of the dead ; but close it not till [ 48 ]
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... morning appeared , her voice was weak . It died away , like the evening - breeze among the grafs of the rocks . Spent with grief the expired . O lay me foon by her fide . WHEN WHEN the ftorms of the mountain come ; when the [ 53 ]
... morning appeared , her voice was weak . It died away , like the evening - breeze among the grafs of the rocks . Spent with grief the expired . O lay me foon by her fide . WHEN WHEN the ftorms of the mountain come ; when the [ 53 ]
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... morn in the grave , to bid the flumberer awake ? FAREWELL , thou braveft of men ! thou conqueror in the field ! but the field fhall fee thee no more ; nor the dark wood be lightened with the splendor of thy steel . Thou haft left no fon ...
... morn in the grave , to bid the flumberer awake ? FAREWELL , thou braveft of men ! thou conqueror in the field ! but the field fhall fee thee no more ; nor the dark wood be lightened with the splendor of thy steel . Thou haft left no fon ...
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Allad Alpin Arindel Armor art thou battle blaſt blood bofom breaft brow Cadmor Carbre chace cloud Connal Corval cries CRIMORA Cromleach Cuchulaid Dargo dark daugh daughter of Cormac-Carbre Daura death deer defcended Defert Dermid DUCHOM MAR Durftan earth eyes faid fair faireft fame father fays fee thee fell fhall hear fhield fhore fide filent Fillan Firchios flain fnow fome fon of Morny fon of Mugruch fong forrow foul fpeak fpear friends fteel ftones ftood ftorm ftream ftrong Garve Gaul Gealchoffa grave grey grief heard heath hill king Lamderg maid mighty moffy moon Morar MORNA mountain mourn night Ofcur my fon OSCUR plain poems preferve race of Fingal raiſe reft rife Rivine rock rofe Ronnan Scotland Shalgar ſhall Shilric ſteel tears theſe thine thou art thy fword thy voice tomb tranflator tree Ullin VINVELA warriours waves whofe wind
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Page 55 - 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. Red through the stony vale comes down the stream of the hill. Sweet are thy murmurs, O stream! but more sweet is the voice I hear. It is the voice of Alpin, the son of song, mourning for the dead!
Page 57 - 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 24 - Warriors fell by thy fword, as the tbiftle by the ftaff of a boy. Dargo the mighty came on, like a cloud of thunder. His brows were contracted and dark. His eyes like two caves in a rock.
Page 23 - Autumn is dark on the mountains; grey mist rests on the hills. The whirlwind is heard on the heath. Dark rolls the river through the narrow plain. A tree stands alone on the hill, and marks the slumbering Connal. The leaves whirl round with the wind, and strew the grave of the dead.
Page 48 - Close it not till Colma come. My life flies away like a dream! why should I stay behind?
Page 39 - They threw their arms round each other; they struggled on the Plain. The Earth is Ploughed with their Heels. Their bones crack as the boat on the Ocean, when it leaps from wave to wave. Long did they toil; with night, they fell on the sounding Plain ; as two Oaks, with their branches mingled, fall crashing from the Hill.
Page 36 - She fell ; she trembled — and died. By the brook of the hill their graves are laid ; a birch's unequal shade covers their tomb. Often on their green earthen tombs the branchy sons of the mountain feed, when mid-day is all in flames, and silence is over all the hills.
Page 58 - Fame ; why did he not hear of his Wound ? Weep, thou Father of Morar ! weep ; but thy Son heareth thee not.
Page 26 - Son of the noble Fingal, Oscian, prince of men! what tears run down the cheeks of age? what shades thy mighty soul? Memory, son of Alpin, memory wounds the aged. Of former times are my thoughts; my thoughts are of the noble Fingal.
Page 23 - Thy family grew like an oak on the mountain, which meeteth the wind with its lofty head. But now it is torn from the earth.