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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Agus feiir is craobh ri cuaii ;
Craobh a bhuain a' ghaoth, 's i ardy
'O iomall nan earn gu raon.
Bha gorm-shluhhal nan srvitha thall^.
Is osag mhall o chuan bha faoin.
Dh' eirich gath o dharaig Hath ;
Bha fleagh nan triath air an f hraoch y
Bha bròn air anam righ nan sgiath
Mu cheannard charraig chiar nan latich>
Dh' eirich re gu mall is farm ;
Thuit suain naeh gann mu cheann nan triath i
Bha 'n clogaide a' boillsgeadh thall ;
Bha 'n teine 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 sàmlila 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.r Sleep descended