Ossian Collection > Works of Ossian, the son of Fingal > Volumes 3 and 4

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T E M O R A:
AN
EPIC POEM^).
BOOK FIRST.
The blue waves of Ullln roll in light.
The green hills are covered with day.
Trees fhake their dufky heads in the breeze.
Grey
'^ ) Tlie liift book of Temora made its appearance in
the coUeaion of lelTer pieces, which were fub.
joined to the epic poem of Fingal. When that
coUeaion was printed, little more than the open-
ing of the prefent poem. came, in a regular con-
nexion , to my hands. The fecond book , in
particular, was very imperfeft and confufed. By
means of my friends, I colIe£te.d fince all the
broken fragments of Temora, that I fornierly
wanted ; and the ftory of the pceni , which was
accur.iteiy preferved by jnany , enabled me to
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