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A HEROIC POEM. UI
ing of the people alternately, is what sadly tor-
ments my heart.
Away we lifted the fair Oscar on the shoulders
by the tallest spears; and him with serious and
deliberate carriage we did bear, until we came to
Fingal's sacred hill. A woman could not la-
ment for her son; a man could not lament for his
valiant brother — with a deeper grief, than every
one about the hall: and all of us lamenting for
Oscar. It is the death of Oscar that grieves my
heart. Oscar, first of Albin's race, without thee,
great is our want. Where was ever seen in thy
time one hero so hardy as thee behind a sword?
Trembling and gloom never departed from Fingal,
from that day to the day of his death. Though 1
should say it, the third part of a man's food he
would notreliyh cor desire.
ing of the people alternately, is what sadly tor-
ments my heart.
Away we lifted the fair Oscar on the shoulders
by the tallest spears; and him with serious and
deliberate carriage we did bear, until we came to
Fingal's sacred hill. A woman could not la-
ment for her son; a man could not lament for his
valiant brother — with a deeper grief, than every
one about the hall: and all of us lamenting for
Oscar. It is the death of Oscar that grieves my
heart. Oscar, first of Albin's race, without thee,
great is our want. Where was ever seen in thy
time one hero so hardy as thee behind a sword?
Trembling and gloom never departed from Fingal,
from that day to the day of his death. Though 1
should say it, the third part of a man's food he
would notreliyh cor desire.
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > Ossian Collection > Original collection of the poems of Ossian, Orrann, Ulin, and other bards, who flourished in the same age > (151) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/77726466 |
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| Description | Collected and edited by Hugh and John M'Callum. |
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| Shelfmark | Oss.103 |
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| Description | Selected 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. |
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| Description | Selected 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. |
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