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92 C O M A L A:
FiXGAL.
Raise, ye bards of the fong, the wars of the flreamy Carun.
Caracul has fled from my arms along the fields of his pride. He
fcts far diftant like a meteor that inclofes a fpirit of night, when
the winds drive it over the heath, and the dark woods are gleam-
ing around.
I HEARD a voice like the breeze of my hills. Is it the huntrefs
of Galmal, the white-handed daughter of Sarno ? Look from thy
rocks *, my love ; and let me hear the voice of Comala.
Coma LA.
TxVKE me to the cave of thy reft, O lovely fon of death !
FiNGAL.
Come to the cave of my reft. The ftorm Is over -f-, and the fun
is on our fields. Come to the cave of my reft, huntrefs of ec-
choing Cona.
Comal A.
He is returned with his fame ; I feel the right hand of his battles.
But I muft reft befide the rock till my foul fettle from fear. —
Let the harp be near ; and raife the fong, ye daughters of Morni.
Dersagrena.
Comala has flain three deer on Ardven, and the fire afcends oo
the rock ; go to the feaft of Comala, king of the woody Morven !
* O my dove i/.'at art in the clefts of the + The winter is paft, the rain is over
rock, in the fecretp^ca of the ftairf, let me and ^one.
fee thy countenance, let me hear thy voice. Solomon's Song.
Solomon's Song.
Fingal.
FiXGAL.
Raise, ye bards of the fong, the wars of the flreamy Carun.
Caracul has fled from my arms along the fields of his pride. He
fcts far diftant like a meteor that inclofes a fpirit of night, when
the winds drive it over the heath, and the dark woods are gleam-
ing around.
I HEARD a voice like the breeze of my hills. Is it the huntrefs
of Galmal, the white-handed daughter of Sarno ? Look from thy
rocks *, my love ; and let me hear the voice of Comala.
Coma LA.
TxVKE me to the cave of thy reft, O lovely fon of death !
FiNGAL.
Come to the cave of my reft. The ftorm Is over -f-, and the fun
is on our fields. Come to the cave of my reft, huntrefs of ec-
choing Cona.
Comal A.
He is returned with his fame ; I feel the right hand of his battles.
But I muft reft befide the rock till my foul fettle from fear. —
Let the harp be near ; and raife the fong, ye daughters of Morni.
Dersagrena.
Comala has flain three deer on Ardven, and the fire afcends oo
the rock ; go to the feaft of Comala, king of the woody Morven !
* O my dove i/.'at art in the clefts of the + The winter is paft, the rain is over
rock, in the fecretp^ca of the ftairf, let me and ^one.
fee thy countenance, let me hear thy voice. Solomon's Song.
Solomon's Song.
Fingal.
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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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