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 28
... voice of song in my breast . The thoughts of former years glide over my soul like swift - shooting meteors o'er A.dven's gloomy vales . Come , ye friends of my youth , ye soft - sounding voices of Cona , bend from your gold - tinged ...
... voice of song in my breast . The thoughts of former years glide over my soul like swift - shooting meteors o'er A.dven's gloomy vales . Come , ye friends of my youth , ye soft - sounding voices of Cona , bend from your gold - tinged ...
Page 29
... voice forgotten . " - " Yes , I obey , O powerful voice , for hou art pleasing to mine ear . O Evir - allen ! thou boast of Erin's maids , thy thoughts come streaming on my soul . Hear , O Malvina ! a tale of my youth , the actions of ...
... voice forgotten . " - " Yes , I obey , O powerful voice , for hou art pleasing to mine ear . O Evir - allen ! thou boast of Erin's maids , thy thoughts come streaming on my soul . Hear , O Malvina ! a tale of my youth , the actions of ...
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... voice arose from the string of the bards . My soul melted away in the sounds , for my heart , like a stream , flowed gently away in song . Murmurs soon broke upon our joy . Half - unsheathed daggers gleamed . Many a voice was heard ...
... voice arose from the string of the bards . My soul melted away in the sounds , for my heart , like a stream , flowed gently away in song . Murmurs soon broke upon our joy . Half - unsheathed daggers gleamed . Many a voice was heard ...
Page 108
... voice to Ossian , and awakes his soul . It is the voice of years that are gone ; they roll before me with all their deeds ; " and under this true poetic inspiration , giving vent to his genius , no wonder we should so often hear , and ...
... voice to Ossian , and awakes his soul . It is the voice of years that are gone ; they roll before me with all their deeds ; " and under this true poetic inspiration , giving vent to his genius , no wonder we should so often hear , and ...
Page 124
... voice is fee- ble , their arm is weak ; but they are endowed with knowledge more than human . In a separate state , they retain the same dispositions which animated them in this life . They ride on the wind ; they bend their airy bows ...
... voice is fee- ble , their arm is weak ; but they are endowed with knowledge more than human . In a separate state , they retain the same dispositions which animated them in this life . They ride on the wind ; they bend their airy bows ...
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