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war, Connal her much beloved. STie
drew the ilruig on Dargo ; but erring
pierced her Connal. He falls like an
oak on the plain ; like a rock from the
fhaggy hill. What Ihall (lie do, hap-
lefs maid 1— He bleeds ;*her Connal dieSa
All the night long Ihe cries, and all the
day, O Connal, my love, and my
friend! With grief . the fad mourner
died.
Earth here inclofeth the lovelieft
pair on the hill, llie grafs grows be-
tween the ftones of their tomb ; I fit in
the mournful fhade. The wind fighs
through the grafs; and their memory
rufhes on my mind. . Undifturbed you;
now fleep together ; in the tomb of the
mountain you reft alone.
D^^ VL'
war, Connal her much beloved. STie
drew the ilruig on Dargo ; but erring
pierced her Connal. He falls like an
oak on the plain ; like a rock from the
fhaggy hill. What Ihall (lie do, hap-
lefs maid 1— He bleeds ;*her Connal dieSa
All the night long Ihe cries, and all the
day, O Connal, my love, and my
friend! With grief . the fad mourner
died.
Earth here inclofeth the lovelieft
pair on the hill, llie grafs grows be-
tween the ftones of their tomb ; I fit in
the mournful fhade. The wind fighs
through the grafs; and their memory
rufhes on my mind. . Undifturbed you;
now fleep together ; in the tomb of the
mountain you reft alone.
D^^ VL'
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > Ossian Collection > Fragments of ancient poetry, collected in the Highlands of Scotland, and translated from the Galic [sic] or Erse language > (27) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/77456157 |
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| Description | Edinburgh: 1760. |
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| Shelfmark | Oss.1 |
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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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