The poems of Ossian, tr. by J. Macpherson. Blair's critical dissertations, Volume 21806 |
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... bards were there , to give the fight to song ; feeble was the voice of a hundred bards to send the deaths to future times ! For many were the deaths of heroes ; wide poured the blood of the brave ! Mourn , ye sons of song , mourn the ...
... bards were there , to give the fight to song ; feeble was the voice of a hundred bards to send the deaths to future times ! For many were the deaths of heroes ; wide poured the blood of the brave ! Mourn , ye sons of song , mourn the ...
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... bard shall preserve their names , and send them down to future times ! " " Pleasant is thy voice , O Carril , " said the blue- eyed chief of Erin . " Pleasant are the words of other times ! They are like the calm shower of spring ; when ...
... bard shall preserve their names , and send them down to future times ! " " Pleasant is thy voice , O Carril , " said the blue- eyed chief of Erin . " Pleasant are the words of other times ! They are like the calm shower of spring ; when ...
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... bard for more of his songs . He relates the actions of Fin- gal in Lochlin , and death of Agandecca , the beautiful sister of Swaran . He had scarce finished when Calmar the son of Matha , who had advised the first battle , came wounded ...
... bard for more of his songs . He relates the actions of Fin- gal in Lochlin , and death of Agandecca , the beautiful sister of Swaran . He had scarce finished when Calmar the son of Matha , who had advised the first battle , came wounded ...
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... Bards sung the battle of heroes : they sung the heaving breast of love . Ullin , Fingal's bard , was there : the sweet voice of resounding Cona . He praised the daughter of Lochlin ; and Morven's * high- descended chief . The daughter ...
... Bards sung the battle of heroes : they sung the heaving breast of love . Ullin , Fingal's bard , was there : the sweet voice of resounding Cona . He praised the daughter of Lochlin ; and Morven's * high- descended chief . The daughter ...
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... bards . His godlike race were in the song , the chiefs of other times . Attentive , leaning on his shield , the king of Morven sat . The wind whistled through his locks ; his thoughts are of the days of other years . Near him on his ...
... bards . His godlike race were in the song , the chiefs of other times . Attentive , leaning on his shield , the king of Morven sat . The wind whistled through his locks ; his thoughts are of the days of other years . Near him on his ...
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Page 56 - O Oscar ! bend the strong in arm : but spare the feeble hand. Be thou a stream of many tides against the foes of thy people ; but like the gale that moves the grass, to those who ask thine aid. So Trenmor lived ; such Trathal was ; and such has Fingal been. My arm was the support of the injured ; the weak rested behind the lightning of my steel.
Page 9 - Cromla echoes round. On Lena's dusky heath they stand, like mist that shades the hills of autumn; when broken and dark it settles high, and lifts its head to heaven. "Hail!
Page 15 - < to the souls of the heroes ! their deeds were great in fight. Let them ride around ine on clouds. Let them show their features of war. My soul shall then be firm in danger ; mine arm like the thunder of heaven! But be thou on a moonbeam, O Morna ! near the window of my rest ; when my thoughts are of peace ; when the din of arms is past.
Page 167 - The blue waves of Ullin roll in light. The green hills are covered with day. Trees shake their dusky heads in the breeze. Grey torrents pour their noisy streams. Two green hills with aged oaks surround a narrow plain. The blue course of a stream is there. On its banks stood Cairbar of Atha. His spear supports the king; the red eyes of his fear are sad. Cormac rises on his soul with all his ghastly wounds.
Page 318 - I passed, O son of Fingal, by Tor-lutha's mossy walls. The smoke of the hall was ceased. Silence was among the trees of the hill. The voice of the chase was over. I saw the daughters of the bow. I asked about Malvina, but they answered not. They turned their faces away: thin darkness covered their beauty. They were like stars, on a rainy hill, by night, each looking faintly through her mist.
Page 17 - When fled Swaran from the battle of spears? When did I shrink from danger, chief of the little soul? I met the storm of Gormal, when the foam of my waves beat high. I met the storm of the clouds; shall Swaran fly from a hero? Were Fingal himself before me, my soul should not darken with fear. Arise to battle, my thousands! pour round me like the echoing main. Gather round the bright steel of your king; strong as the rocks of my land; that meet the storm with joy, and stretch their dark pines to the...
Page 287 - Son of Alpin, strike the string. Is there aught of joy in the harp? Pour it then on the soul of Ossian: It is folded in mist. I hear thee, O bard ! in my night. But cease the lightly-trembling sound.
Page 276 - Lara's stream, is poured the vapour dark and deep : the moon, like a dim shield, is swimming through its folds. With this clothe the spirits of old their sudden gestures on the wind, when they stride, from blast to blast, along the dusky night. Often, blended with the gale, to some warrior's grave,* they roll the mist, a grey dwelling to his ghost, until the songs arise.