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Book VI.
An EPIC POEM.
s;
Spread the fail, fald the king of Morven, and catch the winds
that pour from Lena. We rofe on the wave with fongs, and
rufhed, with joy, through the foam of the ocean *.
* It is allowed by the bed critics that Ferrum adverfo Juh peBare condit
an epic poem ought to end happily. This Fervidus, JJi itli fohuntur frigore mimhro,
rule, in its moft material circumftances, is f^iiague cum gemitu/ugiiindlgnata/ub umbras.
obferved by the three moft dcfervedly ce- Virgil.
lebrated poets. Homer, Virgil, and Mil- He rais'd his arm aloft ; and at the word
ton ; yet, I know not how it happens, the Deep in his bofom drove the fliining fword.
conclufions of their poems throw a me- The ftreaming blood diftain'd his arms
lancholy damp on the mind. One leaves around,
his reader at a funeral; another at the un- And the difdainful foul came rufhing thro'
timely death of a hero ; and a third in the- the wound. Dryden.
folitary fcenes of an unpeopled world. They, hand in hand, with wand'ring (leps
fi? Ol'y' aUipl'tTTOV TlXpO'J "Exiofof ITTTrO-
ixfAOKi. Homer.
Such honours Ilion to her hero paid.
And peaceful flept the mighty Hedor's
{hade. Pope.
and flow,
Through Eden took their folitary way.
Milton.
COMALA:
An EPIC POEM.
s;
Spread the fail, fald the king of Morven, and catch the winds
that pour from Lena. We rofe on the wave with fongs, and
rufhed, with joy, through the foam of the ocean *.
* It is allowed by the bed critics that Ferrum adverfo Juh peBare condit
an epic poem ought to end happily. This Fervidus, JJi itli fohuntur frigore mimhro,
rule, in its moft material circumftances, is f^iiague cum gemitu/ugiiindlgnata/ub umbras.
obferved by the three moft dcfervedly ce- Virgil.
lebrated poets. Homer, Virgil, and Mil- He rais'd his arm aloft ; and at the word
ton ; yet, I know not how it happens, the Deep in his bofom drove the fliining fword.
conclufions of their poems throw a me- The ftreaming blood diftain'd his arms
lancholy damp on the mind. One leaves around,
his reader at a funeral; another at the un- And the difdainful foul came rufhing thro'
timely death of a hero ; and a third in the- the wound. Dryden.
folitary fcenes of an unpeopled world. They, hand in hand, with wand'ring (leps
fi? Ol'y' aUipl'tTTOV TlXpO'J "Exiofof ITTTrO-
ixfAOKi. Homer.
Such honours Ilion to her hero paid.
And peaceful flept the mighty Hedor's
{hade. Pope.
and flow,
Through Eden took their folitary way.
Milton.
COMALA:
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| Description | "... an ancient epic poem in six books together with several other poems composed by Ossian the son of Fingal. Translated from the Galic language by James Macpherson". (Imperfect: wanting advertisement leaf preceding p. 1 and final advertisement leaf.) (There is another copy at Shelf mark: Oss.3(1), DOD ID 77433523.) |
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| Shelfmark | Oss.4 |
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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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