| Hugh Blair - Literary forgeries and mystifications - 1763 - 94 pages
...light as the " blaft of Cromla ; and I move like the fhadow of mid. Connal, " fon of Colgar! I fee the dark cloud of death. It hovers over the " plains of Lena. The fons of green Erin fhall fall. Remove *c from the field of ghofts.—Like the darkened moon he retired,... | |
| Bards and bardism - 1765 - 416 pages
...am light as the blaft of Cromla, and I move like the fhadow of mift. Connal, fon of Colgar *, I fee the dark cloud of death : it hovers over the plains of Lena. The fons of green Erin mall fall. Remove from the field of ghofls. Like the darkened moon -J- he retired,... | |
| Poetry - 1773 - 466 pages
...light as the blsft of Cromla ; and I move " like the fhadow of mift. Connal, fon of " Colgar ! I fee the dark cloud of death. It " hovers over the plains of Lena. The fons of " green Erin fhall fall. Remove from the field " of ghofis. — Like the darkened moon he re"... | |
| Natham Drake - English literature - 1800 - 510 pages
...Colgar, I !se* a cloud of death: it hovers dark over the plains of Lena. The sons of green Erin must fall. Remove from the field of ghosts/— "• Like...he retired, in the midst of the whistling blast,"* / ii 3 '••.'• .: ^'U ?'Tt is evident from various passages of this Celtic Homer, that the ancient... | |
| Bards and bardism - 1803 - 350 pages
...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..." he retired in the midst of the whistling blast." Several other appearances of spirits might be pointed out, as among the most sublime passages of Ossian's... | |
| James Macpherson - 1803 - 386 pages
...Colgar, I see a cloud of death : it hovers dark over the plains of Lena. The sons of green Erin must fall. Remove from the field of ghosts." Like the darkened...dark-red friend. Lay by that beam of heaven, son of the windy Cromla ! What cave is thy lonely house ? What green-headed hill the place of thy repose ?... | |
| Bards and bardism - 1803 - 352 pages
...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...green Erin shall fall. Remove " from the field of ghosts.—Like the darkened moon " he retired in the midst of the whistling blast." Several other appearances... | |
| Ossian - 1805 - 648 pages
...Colgar, I see a cloud of death : it hovers dark over the plains of Lena. The sons of green Erin must fall. Remove from the field of ghosts." Like the darkened...dark-red friend. Lay by that beam of heaven, son of the windy Cromla ! What cave is thy lonely house ? What green-headed hill the place of thy repose ?... | |
| Ossian - 1806 - 364 pages
...Colgar, I see a cloud of death: it hovers dark over the plains of Lena. The sons of green Erin must fall. Remove from the field of ghosts." Like the darkened...blast. " Stay," said the mighty Connal, " stay my darkfed friend. Lay by that beam of heaven, son of the windy Cromla ! What cave is thy lonely house?... | |
| Ossian - 1806 - 366 pages
...blast of Cromla ; and I move like the " shadow of mist. Connal, son of Colgar! I see the dark " coud of death. It hovers over the plains of Lena. The "...green Erin shall fall. Remove from the field " of "hosts. — Like the darkened moon he retired in the " midst of the whistling blast." Several other... | |
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