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Book III. F I N G A L. 159
45 I will on him the lovelieft Maid beftow,
That ever yet has heav'd a Bread of Snow.
Her Arms are whiter than the Foam that flows
On troubled Ocean when a Tempeft blows ;
To ev'ry Charm of Perfon there is join'd
50 A noble Soul fuperior to her Kind.
If thefe Accomplifliments the Prince can pleafe,
Let him to wed her fpeedy crofs the Seas,
And bring along the braveft of his Knights,
To be Spedlators of the nuptial Rites.
55 To lofty Sehna Smvan pafs'd the Main :
The fair-hair'd Hero, with a chofen Train,
For Lochlin fails ; his Soul tranfported leaps.
With eager Joy, as fwift he cleaves the Deeps.
The
V. Cj'j. For Lochlin fails^ The Navigation of the ancient Britijh Na-
tions was defpicable, if compared with the Improvements of modern Times.
They, however, ventured into the Ocean (which is more than the more
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