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F I N G A L,
A N
EPIC POEM.
BOOK V.
O wail'd in Bitternefs of Soul the Chief;
When Connal anfw'ring, thus allay'd his Grief.
Why this Afflidion, Ruler of the Car I
When our Allies fuccefsful are in War ?
Thou
V. 2. When Connal anfw'ring^ Wf.] The Poet, by putting the Narra-
tion in the Mouth of Connal, who (till continued with CuthulUn on the Side
of Crotnla, gives Propriety to the Praifes of Fingal. The Beginning of
this Book, in the Original, fays Mr. Macpherfon, is one of the moll beau-
tiful Parts of the Poem. The Verfification is regular and full, and agrees
Q^q 2 very