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414 F I N G A L. Book VI.
Repuls'd, and vanquifh'd by a foreign Foe,
My Prefence only will augment her Woe ;
500 Who, till this laft unfortunate Campaign,
Vidorious always us'd to crofs the Main.
And thou fhalt ftill (replied Fingal) fucceed
In future Wars, and make the Mighty bleed.
Like Cromld's> Tree, far fhooting to the Skies,
505 The growing Fame of Eri72s, Chief fhall rife :
Then ceafe to grieve. — Here Ofcar bring the Deer,
And for our Friends the Feaft of Shells prepare ;
That after Danger we may glad their Souls,
In genial Banquets, and o'erflowing Bowls.
The
V. 508. That after Danger ive may glad their Souls, ^c. When the
Highland Chiefs returned Home after a fuccefsful Expedition, they fum-
moned their Friends and Clients to a grand Entertainment. Bards and
Senachies flocked in from every Quarter ; Pipers and Harpers had an un-
difputed Right to appear on fuch public Occafions. Thefe Entertainments
were wild and chearful, nor were they unattended with the Pieafures of the
Sentiments and unrefined Tafte of the Times. The Bards fung, and the
young