Ossian 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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OF THE ORIGINAL JJj
He seized the mountain ash by the top,
And tore a branch from the trunk,-
But as he was taking his steps toward land,
The rouzed monster observed him.
Overtook him as" he was swimming;,
And grasped his hand in its gaping gorge.
Fraoch seized the monster by the jaw;
Would FraOch had now his dagger !
The monster mangled his bosom fair,
And gnawing tore his arm away.
The white-handed maid went in haste,
Bearing a dagger which proved of no avail.
The conflict was but a conflict of short continuance*
His hand still held by its head :
Woful was the end of the strife
Between Fraoch, son of Fiach, and the monster *
They fell sole to sole,
At those brown stones on the shore :
Which as the gentle maid beheld,
She fell on the beach a cloud of mist. *
When she awoke from her torpor,
She took his. softened hand in hers,
" Though you be to night a mangled prey for fowls,
Great is the deed you have performed. "
' A,i cxpresiion frequent in the Gaelic for swooning or fainting.
He seized the mountain ash by the top,
And tore a branch from the trunk,-
But as he was taking his steps toward land,
The rouzed monster observed him.
Overtook him as" he was swimming;,
And grasped his hand in its gaping gorge.
Fraoch seized the monster by the jaw;
Would FraOch had now his dagger !
The monster mangled his bosom fair,
And gnawing tore his arm away.
The white-handed maid went in haste,
Bearing a dagger which proved of no avail.
The conflict was but a conflict of short continuance*
His hand still held by its head :
Woful was the end of the strife
Between Fraoch, son of Fiach, and the monster *
They fell sole to sole,
At those brown stones on the shore :
Which as the gentle maid beheld,
She fell on the beach a cloud of mist. *
When she awoke from her torpor,
She took his. softened hand in hers,
" Though you be to night a mangled prey for fowls,
Great is the deed you have performed. "
' A,i cxpresiion frequent in the Gaelic for swooning or fainting.
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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. |
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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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