Ossian Collection > Morison's edition of the Poems of Ossian, the son of Fingal

COLNA-DONA
A POEM.
THE ARGUMENT.
?ingal difpatches Offian and Tofcar to raife a ftone, on the
banks of the ftream of Crona, to perpetuate the memory
of a vidtory, which he had obtained in that place. When
they were employed in that work, Car-ul, a neighbour-
ing chief, invited them to a feaft. They went: and Tof-
car fell defperately in love with Colna-dona, the daughter
of Car-ul. Colna-dona became no lefs enamoured of
Tofcar. An incident, at a hunting-party, brings their
loves to a happy iflue.
COL-AMON' of troubled ftreams, dark wan-
derer of diftant vales, I behold thy courfe,
between trees, near Car-ul's echoing halls. There
dwelt bright Colna-dona, the daughter of the
king. Her eyes were rolling ftars ; her arms were
•white as the foam of fbreams. Her breaft rofe
llowly to fight, like ocean's heaving wave. Her
foul was a ftream of light. Who, among the
maids, was like the love of heroes ?
Beneath the voice of the king, we moved to
Crona'' of the ftreams, Tofcar of grafly Lutha,
and Offian, young in fields. Three bards attend-
ed