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70 FINGAL. CANT
A victim to the mingled strife ;
Poor suff'rer, she at length knew rest.
Why tell thee more ? Thy infant cries
Clam'rously pleaded, Kerthal bore
Thee, and pursu'd the bidden path,
Until this place greeted his eyes.
The people heard his story o'er.
They cherish'd thee. Thou'st liv'd for wrath ;-
For wrath — for thou of race art sprung.
O'er whom the clouds of wrath are hung."
Here ceas'd the aged man to speak,
But sorrow, more than words could tell,
Fast down his pale and hagard cheek
In bitter tears abundant fell.
END OF CANTO II.
A victim to the mingled strife ;
Poor suff'rer, she at length knew rest.
Why tell thee more ? Thy infant cries
Clam'rously pleaded, Kerthal bore
Thee, and pursu'd the bidden path,
Until this place greeted his eyes.
The people heard his story o'er.
They cherish'd thee. Thou'st liv'd for wrath ;-
For wrath — for thou of race art sprung.
O'er whom the clouds of wrath are hung."
Here ceas'd the aged man to speak,
But sorrow, more than words could tell,
Fast down his pale and hagard cheek
In bitter tears abundant fell.
END OF CANTO II.
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > Ossian Collection > Fingal > (96) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/77600049 |
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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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