Ossian Collection > Original collection of the poems of Ossian, Orrann, Ulin, and other bards, who flourished in the same age

OSSIAN'S ADDRESS
TO THE
RISING SUN.
O THOU that rollest* above, round as the full-
orbed hard shield of the mighty! whence is thy
unsullied beam? whence, O Sun! thy everlast-
ing light? Thou comest forth in the strength of
thy beauty; the stars hide their motions from our
view; the moon darkens in the sky, concealing
herself in the eastern wave. Thou art on thy
journey alone; who will presume to attend thy
course? The oaks fall on the high precipice; the
stoney heap and the hoary cliff sink under age:
Ocean ebbs and flows again; the moon herself is
lost in the sky: Thou alone triumphest in the un-
decaying joys of thy light. \Vhen tempests dar-
ken round the world, with angry thunders, and
sharp-edged lightnings, thou lookest in thy beauty
* A shiubhlas. Travcllost, movcst, a<lvaiiccst_, journcyest. Applica'*
fcle also to rotatory motion,
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