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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(Ivit) cepìt-viam Fingal adversus ejus faciem cum feiocià .
Ejus gladio puro caeruleo in ejus manu ;
Filio Lunonis cujus erat fusco-atra gena.
Ivit lux duri-gladii per speetrum,
Larvam vilem mortis sub tetricitate.
Cecidit ilia (larva) sine forma et ea ex adverse)'.
Super vento nigrorum saxetorum ; ut fumus
Quem rumpit puer, cum bacillo in ejus manu.
Circa caminum luctaminis et atri-vaporis.
Ejulavit larva formae Lodinis in monte,
Se colligens in se ipsam in vento.
Audivit Innistorca (insula aprorum vel cetorum) scmitum-j
Cessavit iter undarum prae metu ;
Surrexerunt beUatores filii Comalis vietoriarum ;
Fuit hasta in singulis manibus supra in clivo.
Ouo loco est ille ? Et eorum irà sub tor\ itate.
El unaqtiaque lorica sonante circa suum heroa.
Venit luna foras in oriente ;
Rediit summus dux virorum in suis armis ;
Fuit laetitia in juventut^ in aequore ;
gleam of his arms. The joy of his youth Was great j
their souls settled as a sea from a storm. UUin rai'feed the
song of gladness. The hills of Inistore rejoiced. The
flame of the oak arose ; and tlie tales of heroes are
told.
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(Ivit) cepìt-viam Fingal adversus ejus faciem cum feiocià .
Ejus gladio puro caeruleo in ejus manu ;
Filio Lunonis cujus erat fusco-atra gena.
Ivit lux duri-gladii per speetrum,
Larvam vilem mortis sub tetricitate.
Cecidit ilia (larva) sine forma et ea ex adverse)'.
Super vento nigrorum saxetorum ; ut fumus
Quem rumpit puer, cum bacillo in ejus manu.
Circa caminum luctaminis et atri-vaporis.
Ejulavit larva formae Lodinis in monte,
Se colligens in se ipsam in vento.
Audivit Innistorca (insula aprorum vel cetorum) scmitum-j
Cessavit iter undarum prae metu ;
Surrexerunt beUatores filii Comalis vietoriarum ;
Fuit hasta in singulis manibus supra in clivo.
Ouo loco est ille ? Et eorum irà sub tor\ itate.
El unaqtiaque lorica sonante circa suum heroa.
Venit luna foras in oriente ;
Rediit summus dux virorum in suis armis ;
Fuit laetitia in juventut^ in aequore ;
gleam of his arms. The joy of his youth Was great j
their souls settled as a sea from a storm. UUin rai'feed the
song of gladness. The hills of Inistore rejoiced. The
flame of the oak arose ; and tlie tales of heroes are
told.
I
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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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