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140 FINGAL. CANTO vi,
" A son of Erin thou ?" exclaim'd
The youth with cutting scornful smile ;
" A warrior too ? — be thou asham'd,
Nor vaunt thee of successful guile
From whom thou'st snar'd ; nought save disdain.
Trust his firm word, the base shall gain."
So saying, swift his sword he drew^
While from his dark eye light'ning flew.
The aged chief a look of joy
Fix'd earnest on the gallant boy.
" Put up thy sword," he said, " this arm.
Nor one of these shall work thee harm. —
Soldiers of Tarah, where's the breast
That holds not Comhal's mem'ry dear ?
Your murder'd sovVeign. Nay, represt
Be ev'ry groan, be ev'ry tear :
I lov'd him well as ye— his name
" A son of Erin thou ?" exclaim'd
The youth with cutting scornful smile ;
" A warrior too ? — be thou asham'd,
Nor vaunt thee of successful guile
From whom thou'st snar'd ; nought save disdain.
Trust his firm word, the base shall gain."
So saying, swift his sword he drew^
While from his dark eye light'ning flew.
The aged chief a look of joy
Fix'd earnest on the gallant boy.
" Put up thy sword," he said, " this arm.
Nor one of these shall work thee harm. —
Soldiers of Tarah, where's the breast
That holds not Comhal's mem'ry dear ?
Your murder'd sovVeign. Nay, represt
Be ev'ry groan, be ev'ry tear :
I lov'd him well as ye— his name
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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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