The Poems of Ossian: To which are Prefixed a Preliminary Discourse and Dissertation on the Aera and Poems of OssianCrosby, 1862 - 492 pages |
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Page 148
... Swaran , proposes to dismiss him with honor : " Raise to - morrow thy white sails to the wind , thou brother of Agandecca ! " he conveys , by thus addressing his enemy , a stronger impression of the emotions then passing within his mind ...
... Swaran , proposes to dismiss him with honor : " Raise to - morrow thy white sails to the wind , thou brother of Agandecca ! " he conveys , by thus addressing his enemy , a stronger impression of the emotions then passing within his mind ...
Page 156
... sorrow returning again , like a thin cloud on the moon . " But when Swaran , after his defeat , is cheered by Fingal's generosity , " his face brightened " " rike the full moon of heaven , when 156 CRITICAL DISSERTATION.
... sorrow returning again , like a thin cloud on the moon . " But when Swaran , after his defeat , is cheered by Fingal's generosity , " his face brightened " " rike the full moon of heaven , when 156 CRITICAL DISSERTATION.
Page 160
... Swaran's host came on ; as meets a rock a thousand waves , so Inisfail met Swaran . Death raises all his voices around , and mixes with the sound of shields . - The field echoes from wing to wing , as a hundred hammers that rise by ...
... Swaran's host came on ; as meets a rock a thousand waves , so Inisfail met Swaran . Death raises all his voices around , and mixes with the sound of shields . - The field echoes from wing to wing , as a hundred hammers that rise by ...
Page 163
... Swaran roared in battle , ike the shrill spirit of a storm , that sits dim on the clouds of Gormal , and enjoys the death of the mari- ner . " His people gathered round Erragon , " like * Iliad , xvii 53 . storms around the ghost of ...
... Swaran roared in battle , ike the shrill spirit of a storm , that sits dim on the clouds of Gormal , and enjoys the death of the mari- ner . " His people gathered round Erragon , " like * Iliad , xvii 53 . storms around the ghost of ...
Page 168
... Swaran's appearance , and in his relation of the conference which they held together ; not unlike the report which the affrighted Jewish spies made to their leader , of the land of Ca- naan . " The land through which we have gone to ...
... Swaran's appearance , and in his relation of the conference which they held together ; not unlike the report which the affrighted Jewish spies made to their leader , of the land of Ca- naan . " The land through which we have gone to ...
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arms arose art thou Atha Balclutha bards battle beam behold bend blast blood blue streams breast Cairbar Calmar car-borne Carril Carthon Cathmor cave chief cloud Clutha Comala Cona Connal Cormac Cromla Cuthullin dark daughter death distant dost thou dwelling echoing Erin eyes fall fame fathers feast feeble fell field Fillan Fingal fled Foldath friends Gaul ghosts gleaming gray grief hair hall hand harp hear heard heath heaven heroes hill Iliad Ireland king of Morven king of swords Lego lift light Lochlin maid midst mighty mist moon Morni mossy mournful Nathos night Oscar Ossian poems poet poetry race raised renown rise roar rock rolled rose rushed Selma shield side sigh silent song sons soul sound spear Starno steel steps stood storm strangers stream Swaran sword tears Temora thee tomb Trenmor Ullin Uthal vale voice warriors waves wind youth