Ossian Collection > Poems of Ossian, the son of Fingal > Volume 1

86 THE IVAR OF INIS-THGXA :
" Cormalo," replied the kinix, " is chief of teji diou-
fsnd ipears : he dwells at the caik-roUir.g waters ot La-
no + ; which fcifi forth the cloud of death. He came
to Ri:na's echoing halls, and fought the honour of the
fpear ||. The youth was lovely as the firll beam of
the fun ! and few were they who could meet him in
fight ! My heroes yielded to Cormalo : and my daugh-
ter loved the fon of Lano. Argon and Ruro returned
from the chafe ; the tears of their pride defcehdod :
Tliey rolled their filent eyes on Runa'sherres, becaufe
they yielded to a fu anger: three days they feafted with
Cormalo : on the fourth my Argon fought. But who
cc'uid f^ght with Argon ? Lano's chief \vas overcome.
Kis heart fwelled with the grief of pride, and he refolv-
ed in fecret to behold the death of my fons. They
went to the hills of Runa, and purfued the dark-brown
hinds. The arrow of Cormalo flew in i'ecret ; and my
children fell. He came to the maid of his love ; to 1-
nis-thona's dark-haired maid. They fled over the de-
fert, and Annir remained alone. Might came en and
day appeared ; nor Argon's voice, nor Ruro's came.
At length their much-loved dog is feen ; the ficet and
bounding Runar. He came into the hall and howled ;
and feemed to look towards the place of their fall. We
followed him :■ we found ih.cm here : and laid them ,
by this molly ftream. This is the haunt of Annir,.
v\-hen the chafe of the hinds is over. I bend like the
trunk of vn. aged oak above them : and my tears for
ever flow."
'• () Kcnnan !" faid the rifing Ofcar, " Ogar king
of fpears ! call my heroes to my fide, the lens of
ftreamy Morven. To day we go to Lano's water,
that fends forth the cloud c>f death. Connalo will not
long rejoice > death is often at the pciiit of our
fwords."
t r.ano was a Inhc of Sc!>r!l!ti:>Vii«, rpmarkahle, in the days rf OTrn, fo' cn-jt^
rr.iU ri'i inarniv i,ai:o: v hen it fails over the plains of auiuHin, ami brinRKjtaih