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TIGHMOEA.
DUAN VII.
Seaclid copana l^lia air an sgditL,
Seachd focail an rigli d'a shluagb,
2G0 A thaomadh air osnaibh nan speur,
Air fineaclian mòr nam Bolg-.
Air gach copan tlia reuU de'n oidhcbe,
Ceann-mathan nan ros gun scleò ;
Caol-dearrsa o neul ag eii'igli ;
2G5 lid-oidhche 'an truscan de clieò.
Tlia Caoiu-cliatlilinn air carraig a' dcabadli
ReuU-diibhra air gorm-thonn o'n iar
'Leth-cheileadh a sholuis 'an uisge.
Tha Beur-theine, las-shuil nan sliabh
270 'Sealladh sios o choille 's an aonacli
Air mall shiubhal sealgair 's e 'triall
Troimh gbleauuau an diibbra bhraonaicli
Le faoibli ruadli-bliuic nan leum àrd.
Dòmbail 'am meadbon na sgeitbe
275 Tba lasadb Tuiun-tbeine gun neul.
An rionnag, a sbeall tro' 'n oidbcbe
Air Lear-tbonn a' cbuain mbòir ;
Lear-tbonn, ceann-feadbna nam Bolg,
An ceud f bear a sbiuTibail air gaoitb.
280 Leatbann sgaoil siuil bluin an rigb
Gu Innis-fàil nan iomadb srutb.
Tbaom oidbcbe air agbaidb a' cbuain,
Seven bosses rose on tlie shield ; the seven voices of the king wliich
his warriors received from the wind, and marked over all tlieii' tribes.
On each boss is placed a star of night : Can-mathon with beams
unshorn ; Colderna rising from a cloud ; Uloicho robed in mist ;
and tlio soft beam of Catldin glittering on a rock. Smiling on it.s
own blue wave, Reldurath half sinks its western light The red

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Volume 2
DescriptionVolume II of 'Poems of Ossian : in the original Gaelic with a literal translation into English and a dissertation on the authenticity of the poems / by the Archibald Clerk ; together with the English translation by Macpherson'.
ShelfmarkOss.136
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Poems of Ossian
Description" ... in the original Gaelic with a literal translation into English and a dissertation on the authenticity of the poems by the Archibald Clerk ; together with the English translation by Macpherson."
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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.
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