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90 FINGAL. [BookV.
* A pallid corpse in clay-cold earth now sleeps 425
* That once so softly-blushing fair of love !
* But place thyself upon the shady heath,
' And let us hear, O bard, thy tuneful voice,
* Not more delightful is the gale of spring,
* That meets vv-ith trembling sighs the hunter's ear, 430
* When on the hill, amidst his sweet repose,
* He hears, or thinks he hears, celestial airs
* By spirits sung ; and with the music wakes
* In ecstacies, cnraptur'd by the sound.'
END OF BOOK FIFTH.

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Poems of Ossian
Description"Originally translated by James Macpherson. Attempted in English verse by the late Rev. John Shackleton".
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Ossian Collection
DescriptionSelected 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.
Early Gaelic Book Collections
DescriptionSelected 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.