Der Stil des Macphersonschen OssianMayer & Müller, 1904 - 82 pages |
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... death : it hovers over the plains of Lena . The sons of green Erin shall fall . Remove from the field of ghosts . - Like the darkened moon he retired , in the midst of the whistling blast . When the feeble sons of the wind come forth ...
... death : it hovers over the plains of Lena . The sons of green Erin shall fall . Remove from the field of ghosts . - Like the darkened moon he retired , in the midst of the whistling blast . When the feeble sons of the wind come forth ...
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... Deaths wander , like shadows , over his fiery soul . Do I forget that beam of light , the white- handed daughter of kings ? Go , son of Loda ; his words are but blasts to Fingal : blasts , that , to and fro , roll the thistle , in autum ...
... Deaths wander , like shadows , over his fiery soul . Do I forget that beam of light , the white- handed daughter of kings ? Go , son of Loda ; his words are but blasts to Fingal : blasts , that , to and fro , roll the thistle , in autum ...
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... ( Death was distant far , and delayed to come I , 135. Death walked between them to the field I , 136 ) . M. selbst denkt rationalistisch über seine Geister : er kann sogar eine euhemeristische Anmerkung , die nach dem Zeitalter der ...
... ( Death was distant far , and delayed to come I , 135. Death walked between them to the field I , 136 ) . M. selbst denkt rationalistisch über seine Geister : er kann sogar eine euhemeristische Anmerkung , die nach dem Zeitalter der ...
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... death ; the oak of feasts ; the roe of the desart . IV . her face of love ; the locks of age ; the ears of rest ; the eyes of love ; the breast of snow ; the hand of snow ; the voice of love , of wisdom ; the song of bards ; the heart ...
... death ; the oak of feasts ; the roe of the desart . IV . her face of love ; the locks of age ; the ears of rest ; the eyes of love ; the breast of snow ; the hand of snow ; the voice of love , of wisdom ; the song of bards ; the heart ...
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... death ; the bow of yew ; the darts of death chief of old , of fame ; heroes of might ; the king of ships , of snow , of shells ; the race of steel , of battle ; the children of the feeble ; the son of the sea , of the chace , of the ...
... death ; the bow of yew ; the darts of death chief of old , of fame ; heroes of might ; the king of ships , of snow , of shells ; the race of steel , of battle ; the children of the feeble ; the son of the sea , of the chace , of the ...
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Adjektiv Allegorie Alliteration Apposition arms Ballade Barden battle beam blast blue breeze bright Cairbar chace Chevy Chase chief clouds Comala comes Cona Connal Crugal Cuchullin curling dark dark rider dark-brown daughter death deeds desart Dichter distant dramatische dweller ecchoing epische Erin eyes fair feeble fell field fierce Fingal foamy friend gälischen Genitiv ghosts Gleichnisse Grainne grass gray green hall hand head hear heath heaven Helden helmet heroes hill historische Präsens Homer king klassizistischen läßt licher Lieder light Lismore Lismorebuch Lochlin look love lovely maid meteor mighty mist moon Morna Morven mossy night noble ocean Oscar Ossian pale Poems poetische Rede roar roaring rock rolling rustling Sätze schmückenden shells shield side sigh silent snow soft song soul sound sounding spear stark stars steel Stil stilistische stood storm stream sweet sword thee thou thousand times of old Tropus Ullin voice Volksballade waves white wind
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Page 66 - When through the clouds he drives the trembling doves ; As from the god she flew with furious pace, Or as the god, more furious...
Page 10 - Daughter of Heaven, fair art thou ! the silence of thy face is pleasant. Thou comest forth in loveliness : the stars attend thy blue steps in the east.
Page 8 - Fingal, an Ancient Epic Poem in Six Books: Together with Several Other Poems, Composed by Ossian, the Son of Fingal. Translated from the Galic Language, by James Macpherson.
Page 24 - On a rock, whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Robed in the sable garb of woe, With haggard eyes the poet stood ; (Loose his beard and hoary hair, Stream'd like a meteor to the troubled air,) And with a master's hand and prophet's fire Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre...
Page 10 - Crugal, or find his lone steps in the heath. I am light as the blast of Cromla, and I move like the shadow of mist. Connal, son of Colgar, I see the dark cloud of death: it hovers over the plains of Lena. The sons of green Erin shall fall. Remove from the field of ghosts.
Page 28 - The Celts, with their vehement reaction against the despotism of fact, with their sensuous nature, their manifold striving, their adverse destiny, their immense calamities, the Celts are the prime authors of this vein of piercing regret and passion, — of this Titanism in poetry. A famous book, Macpherson's Ossian, carried in the last century this vein like a flood of lava through Europe.
Page 11 - DAUGHTER of heaven, fair art thou ! the silence of thy face is pleasant ! Thou comest forth in loveliness. The stars attend thy blue course in the east. The clouds rejoice in thy presence, O moon! they brighten their dark-brown sides. Who is like thee in heaven, light of the silent night? The stars are ashamed in thy presence.
Page 5 - OSSIAN. The Poems of Ossian in the Original Gaelic. With a Literal Translation into English, and a Dissertation on the Authenticity of the Poems.
Page 11 - Starno sent a dweller of Loda, to bid Fingal to the feast ; but the king remembered the past, and all his rage arose. " Nor Gormal's mossy towers, nor Starno shall Fingal behold. Deaths wander, like shadows, over his fiery soul ! Do I forget that beam of light, the white-handed daughter of -kings ? Go, son of Loda ; his words are wind to Fingal : wind, that, to and fro, drives the thistle, in autumn's dusky vale...
Page 22 - The Celt's quick feeling for what is noble and distinguished gave his poetry style ; his indomitable personality gave it pride and passion; his sensibility and nervous exaltation gave it a better gift still, the gift of rendering with wonderful felicity the magical charm of nature.