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208 THE POEMS OF OSSIAN.
of Colgorm of iron shields, dwellers of Loda's
hall.
In Tormoth's resounding isle arose Lurthan,
streamy hill. It bent its woody head over a
silent vale. There, at foamy Cruruth's source,
dwelt Rurmar, hunter of boars ! His daughter
Wits fair as a sun-beam, white bosomed Strina-
dona !
Many a king of heroes, and hero of iron
shields ; many a youth of heavy locks came to
Rurmar's echoing hall. They came to woo the
maid, the stately huntress of Tormoth wild.
But thou lookest careless from thy steps, high-
bosomed Strina-dona !
If on the heath she moved, her breast was
whiter than the down of cana;* If on the sea-
beat shore, than the foam of the rolling ocean.
Her eyes were two stars of light. Her face was
heaven's bow in showers. Her dark hair flowed
round it, like the streaming clouds. Thou wert
the dweller of souls, white handed Strina-dona !
Colgorm came in his ship, and Corcul-suran,
king of shells. The brothers came from I-
thorno to woo the sun beam of Tormoth wild.
She saw them in their echoing steel. Her soul
was fixed on blue-eyed Colgorm. Ul-lochlin'sj"
nightly eye looked in, and saw the tossing arms
of Strina dona.
Wrathful the brothers frowned. Their flaming
eyes in silence met. They turned away. They
struck their shields. Their hands were trembling
on their swords. They rushed into the strife
of heroes for long haired Strina-dona.
Corcul-suran fell in blood. On his isle raged
the strength of his father. He turned Colgorm,
from I-thorno, to wander on all the winds, in
• The cana is a certain kind of grass, which grows plen-
tifully in the heathy morasses of the north.
t UHochlin, • the guide to Lochiin;' the name of a star.