J. F. Campbell Collection > Temora, an ancient epic poem, in eight books

An- epic poem. ii
of heaven was in the bofom of Cathrnor. His towers rofe on the
banks of Atha : feven paths led to his halls. Seven chiefs flood on
the paths, and called the ftranger to the feall: ! But Cathrnor dwelt
in the wood to avoid the voice of praife.
Ol LA came with his fono;s. Ofcar went to Cairbar's feall. y^T^^^ f^euYu^.
Three hundred warriors ftrode along Moi-lena of the ftreams. The f ■^'-''^ ' y ^^ '
grey dogs bounded on the heath, their howling reached afar. Fin- y f -np <> ^^
gal faw the departing; hero : the foul of the kina; was fad. He ^ -,, 7-7- ~
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dreaded Cairbar's gloomy thoughts, amidll: the feall of rtiells. ■"'^^"i^v . ' 24.
My fon railed high the fpear of Cormac : an hundred bards met i^^l_Ji:-£^-l^
him with fongs. Cairbar concealed with fmiles the death that was (j-u^S/^ -fn^^ nt^.'
dark in his foul. The feaft is fpread, the Ihells refound : joy bright-
ens the face of the hoft. But it was like the parting beam of the
fun, v>'hen he is to hide his red head, in a llorm. TPii /•^^^u^'x^^rui.
Cairbar rofe in his arms; darknefs gathered on his brow. The ^t'4^"cj> . / ^ S ^ .
hundred harps ceafed at once. The clang * of fhields was heard. (J' m-^ ;*»<*« i^/t_ •
Far diftant on the heath Olla raifed. his fong of woe. My fon /3"3o m-. '-^^w-a^.-
knew the fign of death; and rifing feized his fpear.
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Oscar ! faid the dark-red Cairbar, I behold the fpear -j- of Inis- ^, U~-7tf~~-
* When a chief was determined to kill up to Lord Douglas in the caftle of Edin- ■ ^JH^^j'^t.
a perfon already in his power, it was ufuai burgh, as acertain fignal of his approaching fCy^icu.'yJif' (<-
to fignify, that his death was intended, by death. (j^^^i'tuU. fic^rrt^
the found of a (hield flruck with the blunt t Cormac, the fon of Arth, had given ''*' ^y^'>^-^ ^ yv
end of a fpear; at the fame time that a '^e fpear, which is here the foundation of ^^-^ d^cty .
bard at a diftance raifed the dcat'>fong. A the quarrel, to Ofcar when he came to con- '^^y^-cl^ TlZC 5 OiyU^i^
ceremony of another kind was long ufed gratulate him, upon Swaran's being ex- ** ** •L*''^^^
in Scotland upon fuch occafions. Every pelled from Ireland. ^ ^^lAnMrvy ti^
body has heard that a bull's head was ftrved P^Cvv^Jl hy^^x^
c 2 fall, trri "^^"^
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