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Book III. AN EPIC POEM. 147
blast : a beam of light is Clatho's son. He heard the
words of the king with joy ; and leaned forward on his
spear.
'' My son," said car-borne Fingal ; " I saw thy deeds,
and my soul was glad. The fame of our fathers, I
said, bursts from its gathered cloud. Thou art brave,
son of Clatho ; but headlong in the strife. So did not
Fingiil advance, though he never feared a foe. Let
thy people be a ridge behind ; they are thy strength in
the field. Then shalt thou be long renovv^ned, and be-
hold the tombs of thy fathers. The memory of the
past returns, my deeds in other yeaj-s : when first I de-
scended from ocean on the green valleyed isle.'^ We
bend towards tlie voice of the king. The moon looks
abroad from lier cloud. The grey- skirted mist is near,
tlie dwelling of the ghosts.
blast : a beam of light is Clatho's son. He heard the
words of the king with joy ; and leaned forward on his
spear.
'' My son," said car-borne Fingal ; " I saw thy deeds,
and my soul was glad. The fame of our fathers, I
said, bursts from its gathered cloud. Thou art brave,
son of Clatho ; but headlong in the strife. So did not
Fingiil advance, though he never feared a foe. Let
thy people be a ridge behind ; they are thy strength in
the field. Then shalt thou be long renovv^ned, and be-
hold the tombs of thy fathers. The memory of the
past returns, my deeds in other yeaj-s : when first I de-
scended from ocean on the green valleyed isle.'^ We
bend towards tlie voice of the king. The moon looks
abroad from lier cloud. The grey- skirted mist is near,
tlie dwelling of the ghosts.
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > Ossian Collection > Poems of Ossian, the son of Fingal > Volume 2 > (157) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/77914632 |
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| Shelfmark | Oss.54 |
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| Description | Translated by James Macpherson ... ; to which are prefixed dissertations on the era and poems of Ossian. In 2 volumes. |
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| Shelfmark | Oss.53-54 |
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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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