Ossian Collection > Fragments of ancient poetry, collected in the Highlands of Scotland

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^fecure ; reft in peace, thou faireftof wo-
.nien.
Far in the blue diilance of the deep,
"fome fpot appeared like the back of the
:iidge-wave. But foon the ihip increafed
on our fight. The hand of .UUin.drew
lier to land. The mountains trembled
as he moved. The hills fliook at his
fteps. Dire rattled his armour around
him. Death and deftrudlian were in his
eyes. His flat ure like the roe of Mor-
ven. He moved in the hghtning of
fteel.
■ 'Our warrionrs fell before him,
■like the tield before the reapers. Fin-
gal's three fons he bound. He plun-
ged his fvvord into the fair-one's bread.
She fell as a wreath of fnow before the
fun in fpring. Her bofom heaved in
.death -, her foul came forth in blood.
OSCUR