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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n f. Agus feur is craobh ri cuan ;
Craobh a bhuain a' ghaoth, 's i ard,
O iomall nan earn gu raon.
Bha gorm-shiubhal nan srutha thall.
Is osag mhall o chuan bha faoin.
Dh' eirich gath o dharalg Hath ;
Bha fleagh nan triath air an f hraoch ;
Bha bròn air anam righ nan sgiath
Mu cheannard charraig chiar. nan laoch^
Dh' eirich re gu mall is fann ;
Thuit suain nach gann mu cheann nan triath ;
Bha 'n clogaide a' boillsgeadh thall ;
Bha 'n teiiie call a neart san t-sliabh.
Cha robh cadal mu shùil an righ ;
Dh' eirich e am forum a chruaidh,
A shealladh air carraig nan stuadh.
Dh' islich teine fada thall,.
A' ghealach dearg is mall san ear.
Thàinig osna nuas o'n charn ;
» Air an sgiathaibh bha sàmhla fear.
grass and aged trees which the midnight winds, in their"
wrath, had torn from the shaggy rock. The blue course-'
of a stream is there : the lonely blast of ocean pursues the
thistle's beard. The flame of three oaks arose : the feast is
spread around : but the soul of the king is sad for Carric-
thura's chief distrest.
The wan, cold moon rose, in the east. Sleep descended
n f. Agus feur is craobh ri cuan ;
Craobh a bhuain a' ghaoth, 's i ard,
O iomall nan earn gu raon.
Bha gorm-shiubhal nan srutha thall.
Is osag mhall o chuan bha faoin.
Dh' eirich gath o dharalg Hath ;
Bha fleagh nan triath air an f hraoch ;
Bha bròn air anam righ nan sgiath
Mu cheannard charraig chiar. nan laoch^
Dh' eirich re gu mall is fann ;
Thuit suain nach gann mu cheann nan triath ;
Bha 'n clogaide a' boillsgeadh thall ;
Bha 'n teiiie call a neart san t-sliabh.
Cha robh cadal mu shùil an righ ;
Dh' eirich e am forum a chruaidh,
A shealladh air carraig nan stuadh.
Dh' islich teine fada thall,.
A' ghealach dearg is mall san ear.
Thàinig osna nuas o'n charn ;
» Air an sgiathaibh bha sàmhla fear.
grass and aged trees which the midnight winds, in their"
wrath, had torn from the shaggy rock. The blue course-'
of a stream is there : the lonely blast of ocean pursues the
thistle's beard. The flame of three oaks arose : the feast is
spread around : but the soul of the king is sad for Carric-
thura's chief distrest.
The wan, cold moon rose, in the east. Sleep descended
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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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