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82 FINGAL.
Obey'd his mandate, they retire
Xo th' inner temple, where no eye
Save that of the great god of fire.
The footsteps of their course could spy.
No look is tow'rds the armature,
Whence Marthon now unseen, secure,
Forth vent'ring mingles with a throng
Of worshippers who mov'd along
To one of the outward eastern gates.
His steps, unconscious of design,
Are guided or impell'd by fates ;
He at length sees the high tow'rs shine
Of Tarah, and to them he turns
His course with earnestness ; he burns
With wild ambition's thirst for fame,
Tho' famine hath oppress'd his frame.
The city wide before him lies,
By busy bustling thousands swarra'd,
Obey'd his mandate, they retire
Xo th' inner temple, where no eye
Save that of the great god of fire.
The footsteps of their course could spy.
No look is tow'rds the armature,
Whence Marthon now unseen, secure,
Forth vent'ring mingles with a throng
Of worshippers who mov'd along
To one of the outward eastern gates.
His steps, unconscious of design,
Are guided or impell'd by fates ;
He at length sees the high tow'rs shine
Of Tarah, and to them he turns
His course with earnestness ; he burns
With wild ambition's thirst for fame,
Tho' famine hath oppress'd his frame.
The city wide before him lies,
By busy bustling thousands swarra'd,
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > Ossian Collection > Fingal > (108) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/77600190 |
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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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