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lovely Connal. Farewell, ye rocksr of
Ardven I ye deer ! and ye ftreams of
the hill ! — We fhall return no more.
Our tombs are diftant far.

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Fragments of ancient poetry, collected in the Highlands of Scotland
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Description	" ... and translated from the Galic or Erse language".
Shelfmark	Cam.1.f.24
Additional NLS resources:	Library catalogue record
Attribution and copyright:	The physical item used to create this digital version is out of copyright

Dates / events:	1760 [Date published]
Places:	Europe > United Kingdom > Scotland > Edinburgh > Edinburgh (inhabited place) [Place published]
Subject / content:	Poetry Poems
Person / organisation:	Hamilton and Balfour (Edinburgh, Scotland) [Publisher] MacPherson, James, 1736-1796 [Author] Ossian, active 3rd century [Attributed name]
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Ossian Collection
Description	Selected books from the Ossian Collection of 327 volumes, originally assembled by J. Norman Methven of Perth. Different editions and translations of James MacPherson's epic poem 'Ossian', some with a map of the 'Kingdom of Connor'. Also secondary material relating to Ossianic poetry and the Ossian controversy.

Early Gaelic Book Collections
Description	Selected items from five 'Special and Named Printed Collections'. Includes books in Gaelic and other Celtic languages, works about the Gaels, their languages, literature, culture and history.