J. F. Campbell Collection > Report of the Committee of the Highland Society of Scotland, appointed to inquire into the nature and authenticity of the poems of Ossian
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POEMS OF OSSIAN* ÌÒl
Literal Tranflation.
* Inniflore rofe flowly,
And Carrickthura, chief of waves *.
Macpherfon's Tranflation.
« Inniftore rofe to fight, and Carrickthura's mofly towers.'
In the original there is no rising to sight, no mossy
towers ; but the pifture, vivid to the imagination, is
fimple in the expreffion : .' Inniflore rofe slowly^
with that flownefs with which a diflant obje£t rifes ^
to the fight — and « Carrickthura, chief of waves ;'
expreffing the fituation of the place in a command?
ing point of view, above the fea.
< Bha comhara beud gu h-ard
Teine dall 's a thaobh fan fmùid.'
' TLe fignal of evil (or violence) was on high,
A blind fire, with its fide in fmokc.'
' But the fign of diftrefs was on their top ; the warning
^ame edged with fmoke.'
1 2 Having
♦ i. e. Rifing majeltically above the fea. /////, in the ^<^
Highlands, is ufed to exprefs a land-mark.
Literal Tranflation.
* Inniflore rofe flowly,
And Carrickthura, chief of waves *.
Macpherfon's Tranflation.
« Inniftore rofe to fight, and Carrickthura's mofly towers.'
In the original there is no rising to sight, no mossy
towers ; but the pifture, vivid to the imagination, is
fimple in the expreffion : .' Inniflore rofe slowly^
with that flownefs with which a diflant obje£t rifes ^
to the fight — and « Carrickthura, chief of waves ;'
expreffing the fituation of the place in a command?
ing point of view, above the fea.
< Bha comhara beud gu h-ard
Teine dall 's a thaobh fan fmùid.'
' TLe fignal of evil (or violence) was on high,
A blind fire, with its fide in fmokc.'
' But the fign of diftrefs was on their top ; the warning
^ame edged with fmoke.'
1 2 Having
♦ i. e. Rifing majeltically above the fea. /////, in the ^<^
Highlands, is ufed to exprefs a land-mark.
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| Description | Drawn up, according to the directions of the Committee, by Henry Mackenzie ... ; with a copious appendix, containing some of the principal documents on which the report is founded. |
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| Shelfmark | Cam.1.d.31 |
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| Description | Volumes from a collection of 610 books rich in Highland folklore, Ossianic literature and other Celtic subjects. Many of the books annotated by John Francis Campbell of Islay, who assembled the collection. |
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| 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. |
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