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murmur of Lora's*) ftream has rolled the tale
away. I ftand in the cloud of years: few-
are Its openings towards the paft, and when
the vllion comes, It Is but dim and dark. — I
hear thee, harp of Cona ; my foul returns, like
a breeze , which the fun brings back to the va-
le, where dwelt the lazy mifl.
"**) Lubar Is bright before me, In the wind-
ings of its vale. On either fide, on their hills,
rife
*} Lora is often mentioned; it was a finall and
rapid ftream in the neighbourhood of Sehna.
There is no veftige of this name now remaining;
tto' it appears from a very old fong, which,
the translator has feen , that one of the finall
rivers on the north -welt coaft was called Lora
fome centuries ago.
**) From feveral paflages in the poem we may
form a diftin6> idea of the fcene of the acHoa
of Temora. At a fmall diftance from one ano-
ther rcofe the hills of Mora and Lona ; the firft
poslelTed by Fingal , the fecond by the army of
Cathmor. Through the intermediate plain ran
the fmall river Lubar, on the banks of which all
the battles were fought , excepting that between
Cairbar and Ofcar , related in the firit book.
This lalt mentioaied engageanent happened , to
the