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26 FINGAL.
Enough we say, the field was our's,
Scattered were haughty Tarah's pow'rs ;
And he, the boy without a name,
His sword was heav'n's avenging flame ;
Consuming, withering, blasting fire,
The bolt of death, the stroke of ire ;
So to Carthollan's foes it fell,
So may th' escap'd lamenting tell ;
With Tarah's king, but few return'd,
To boast how he the foundling spurn'd ;
Then come, ye lovely nymphs and sing,
And freshly blooming garlands bring.
And crown him, crown the gallant youth ;
The arm of power, the soul of truth ;
Whose sword the blast of death arose,
A whirlwind to Carthollan's foes."
Thus the war-minstrels ent'ring sang,
The wide dome echoed with the clang.
And loud the lofty arches rang,
Enough we say, the field was our's,
Scattered were haughty Tarah's pow'rs ;
And he, the boy without a name,
His sword was heav'n's avenging flame ;
Consuming, withering, blasting fire,
The bolt of death, the stroke of ire ;
So to Carthollan's foes it fell,
So may th' escap'd lamenting tell ;
With Tarah's king, but few return'd,
To boast how he the foundling spurn'd ;
Then come, ye lovely nymphs and sing,
And freshly blooming garlands bring.
And crown him, crown the gallant youth ;
The arm of power, the soul of truth ;
Whose sword the blast of death arose,
A whirlwind to Carthollan's foes."
Thus the war-minstrels ent'ring sang,
The wide dome echoed with the clang.
And loud the lofty arches rang,
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/77599565 |
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| Description | "a fine-Eirin : a poem, in six cantos : with notes, intended to delineate the manners and state of society of Ancient Ireland." (Imperfect: missing pages 83-94.) |
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| Shelfmark | Oss.99 |
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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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