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52 FINGAL. e
Her wasted form, her faded bloom,
Seem sinking rapid to the tomb.
In the keen anguish of his soul,
Before Beal's shrine then Kerthal stood, —
* God of the gods, thy thunders roll.
Thy lightnings fly ; but not for good,'
Wildly he cried :— ' thy ways are dire,
Thou dreadful, thou destroying god ;
A^e thou hast stricken in thine ire,
The broken with thine iron rod.'
Then spake the god's high priest, and said,
* Old warrior, well thy blasphemies
Might, indeed, call upon thine head
The angriest vengeance of the skies ;
But Beal is merciful as great.
He wills, that at his sacred fane
Thy child in pray'r alone should wait,
And haply hope and health regain.'
What would not sorrowing love resign
Her wasted form, her faded bloom,
Seem sinking rapid to the tomb.
In the keen anguish of his soul,
Before Beal's shrine then Kerthal stood, —
* God of the gods, thy thunders roll.
Thy lightnings fly ; but not for good,'
Wildly he cried :— ' thy ways are dire,
Thou dreadful, thou destroying god ;
A^e thou hast stricken in thine ire,
The broken with thine iron rod.'
Then spake the god's high priest, and said,
* Old warrior, well thy blasphemies
Might, indeed, call upon thine head
The angriest vengeance of the skies ;
But Beal is merciful as great.
He wills, that at his sacred fane
Thy child in pray'r alone should wait,
And haply hope and health regain.'
What would not sorrowing love resign
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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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