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A POEM. 23S
* By green Col-amon of the lucid streams,'
The youth reply'd, * bright Colna-dona dwelt.
* She dwelt — but now attended by the son 1 10
* Of the great king, he, that her secret soul
* As through the hall it wander'd, carried off
* Amidst wild deserts is her lonely way.'
* Stranger of tales, hast thou the warrior's course
* Observant mark'd ?' said Toscar. ' He must fall. 115
* To me deliver thou that bossy shield.'
In wrath he took the shield. Behind it fair.
White as the bosom of a plumy swan
Large rising on the swiftly-rolling waves,
A virgin's breasts with matchless heavings rose, 120
'Twas Colna-dona of sweet sounding lyres,
The daughter of the king. He azure eyes
Had roU'd on Toscar, and her love arose.
END OF VOL. II,
J. F«RRALL, Primer, Birmingham.
* By green Col-amon of the lucid streams,'
The youth reply'd, * bright Colna-dona dwelt.
* She dwelt — but now attended by the son 1 10
* Of the great king, he, that her secret soul
* As through the hall it wander'd, carried off
* Amidst wild deserts is her lonely way.'
* Stranger of tales, hast thou the warrior's course
* Observant mark'd ?' said Toscar. ' He must fall. 115
* To me deliver thou that bossy shield.'
In wrath he took the shield. Behind it fair.
White as the bosom of a plumy swan
Large rising on the swiftly-rolling waves,
A virgin's breasts with matchless heavings rose, 120
'Twas Colna-dona of sweet sounding lyres,
The daughter of the king. He azure eyes
Had roU'd on Toscar, and her love arose.
END OF VOL. II,
J. F«RRALL, Primer, Birmingham.
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| Description | "Originally translated by James Macpherson. Attempted in English verse by the late Rev. John Shackleton". |
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| Shelfmark | Oss.104 |
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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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