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Book II. F I N G A L. 117
The roaring Deluge, with dejftrudive Sway,
Before it fweeps the leiTer Hills away ;
The
V. 320. ^s ivhen a Torrent, &c.'] We may compare this Comparifon,
with the following one of Homer upon the fame Subjeft.
Tlcnaixia wxiifiovTi EoiKug, Iliad, V, V. St.
Kei/Aappu, or 'o)xa psuv exe^cKnTi yepipa;'
Tov J' cur ap te ystpupai hpy/jisvcxi iVxavo'oJcrw,
Out apa epxscc i<TX^' a'huaav epiSrif^Boiv,
'E>^ovt' k^ciTrms, or' ziri&pltrn Aiog ofi^poi'
IIcXTui J' VTT cairou spyct xarripi'Tie kcO\ a'liwv
Thus from high Hills the Torrents fwift and ftrong
Deluge whole Fields, and fweep the Trees along^
Thro' ruin'd Moles the rufhing Wave refounds,
O'erwhelms the Bridge, and burfts the lofty Bounds j
The yellow Harvefts of the ripen'd Year,
And flatted Vineyards, one fad Wafte appear!
While Jove defcends in fluicy Sheets of Rain,
And all the Labours of Mankind arc vain.
Pope.
Homer, it mufl: be owned, has introduced more Circumftances than OJfian^
fiich as burlting and overwhelming the Bridges, laying the Corn, fpoiling
the Country; all which reprefent the dreadful Devaftations of a violent
Flood. But OJJianh Silence in thefe Particulars is plainly owing to the
wild uncultivated State of his Country, which fupplied him with none of ■
thf:
The roaring Deluge, with dejftrudive Sway,
Before it fweeps the leiTer Hills away ;
The
V. 320. ^s ivhen a Torrent, &c.'] We may compare this Comparifon,
with the following one of Homer upon the fame Subjeft.
Tlcnaixia wxiifiovTi EoiKug, Iliad, V, V. St.
Kei/Aappu, or 'o)xa psuv exe^cKnTi yepipa;'
Tov J' cur ap te ystpupai hpy/jisvcxi iVxavo'oJcrw,
Out apa epxscc i<TX^' a'huaav epiSrif^Boiv,
'E>^ovt' k^ciTrms, or' ziri&pltrn Aiog ofi^poi'
IIcXTui J' VTT cairou spyct xarripi'Tie kcO\ a'liwv
Thus from high Hills the Torrents fwift and ftrong
Deluge whole Fields, and fweep the Trees along^
Thro' ruin'd Moles the rufhing Wave refounds,
O'erwhelms the Bridge, and burfts the lofty Bounds j
The yellow Harvefts of the ripen'd Year,
And flatted Vineyards, one fad Wafte appear!
While Jove defcends in fluicy Sheets of Rain,
And all the Labours of Mankind arc vain.
Pope.
Homer, it mufl: be owned, has introduced more Circumftances than OJfian^
fiich as burlting and overwhelming the Bridges, laying the Corn, fpoiling
the Country; all which reprefent the dreadful Devaftations of a violent
Flood. But OJJianh Silence in thefe Particulars is plainly owing to the
wild uncultivated State of his Country, which fupplied him with none of ■
thf:
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| Description | An ancient epic poem in six books. Translated from the original Galic language, by Mr. James Macpherson; and new rendered into heroic verse, by Ewen Cameron. |
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| Shelfmark | Oss.21 |
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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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