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174 ON THE AUTHENTICITY
" But, before descends the night of clouds,
" Nothing but his cold corpse is to be found.
" Dark, short, without a sunbeam on the heath, —
« The life of the hero is like a day of winter."
Conn, p. 266.
" Like a gleam of the sun, in winter,
" Rushing rapidly over the heath of Lena ;
" Such are the days of the Fingallians,
" Like the sun between showers, departing."
Cathula, p. 158.
Malvina, mourning after her sisters, says,
" I am like the star of the morning,
" Pale-visaged, after all the luminaries of night:
" Brief is the course of her light,
" As she travels after them, mournful.
" The maiden arises to the mountain's chace ;
" But she beholds not her * aspect above.
" We shall depart in our own season,
" (Says she, with tears, to her companions.)"
hosga Taura, p. 305.
The paralleHsms, founded on the bhnd-
* That is, of the star of morning.
" But, before descends the night of clouds,
" Nothing but his cold corpse is to be found.
" Dark, short, without a sunbeam on the heath, —
« The life of the hero is like a day of winter."
Conn, p. 266.
" Like a gleam of the sun, in winter,
" Rushing rapidly over the heath of Lena ;
" Such are the days of the Fingallians,
" Like the sun between showers, departing."
Cathula, p. 158.
Malvina, mourning after her sisters, says,
" I am like the star of the morning,
" Pale-visaged, after all the luminaries of night:
" Brief is the course of her light,
" As she travels after them, mournful.
" The maiden arises to the mountain's chace ;
" But she beholds not her * aspect above.
" We shall depart in our own season,
" (Says she, with tears, to her companions.)"
hosga Taura, p. 305.
The paralleHsms, founded on the bhnd-
* That is, of the star of morning.
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > Ossian Collection > Essay on the authenticity of the poems of Ossian > (202) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/78062036 |
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| Description | In which the objections of Malcolm Laing, Esq. are particularly considered and refuted. By Patrick Graham ... To which is added an essay on the mythology of Ossian's poems, by Professor Richardson .... |
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| Shelfmark | Oss.229 |
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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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