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2 66 M A N O S:
voice filent, my foftly-trembling harp *. Thy found was not
then fo mournful. Thou hadft, like me, thy companions about
thee ; and the king with his heroes heard thee. From their feats
they leaned forward to liften ; their faces were fidelong-bending_
—No filent mift on the vale were then our friends, my harp. — No
mournful voice in the hollow tree of the mountain was, then, thy
found : no mofs-gray blafled tree, ftript bare of all its leaves, was
Oman.
* The bard had in the beginning of the poem addreffed himfelf to the foli-
tary companion of his wo, the harp ; and here he again returns to it.
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Galic antiquities
DescriptionConsisting of a history of the Druids, particularly of those of Caledonia; a dissertation on the authenticity of the poems of Ossian; and a collection of ancient poems, translated from the Galic of Ullin, Ossian, Orran, &c. / By John Smith, minister at Kilbrandon, Argyleshire..
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Ossian Collection
DescriptionSelected 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.
Early Gaelic Book Collections
DescriptionSelected 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.