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LITERALLY TRANSLATED. 323
" Their dwelling was in the dark caverns of the
waves,
" In a distant land ; a warlike race. 130
" But my soft spirit has no delight
" In tlie slow sound of death, on the plain.
" He comes, who never yields.
" Awaken the bard of mildest voice,"
Like a rock, over whose side a streamlet trickleSf
In the desart of low hills, 156
Stood Cathmor, valiant chief!
In tears.
Like a breeze, on his soul, sorrowfully.
Came the soft voice of the maiden ; 140
Awakening the memory of the land of mountains.
Her peaceful dwelling, by the streams of the vale.
Before he had come, in his wrath.
TRANSLATION.
Like a dropping rock, in the desart, stood Cathmor,
in tears. Her voice came, a breeze, on his soul, and
waked the memory of her land ; where she dwelt by her
peaceful streams, before he came
" Their dwelling was in the dark caverns of the
waves,
" In a distant land ; a warlike race. 130
" But my soft spirit has no delight
" In tlie slow sound of death, on the plain.
" He comes, who never yields.
" Awaken the bard of mildest voice,"
Like a rock, over whose side a streamlet trickleSf
In the desart of low hills, 156
Stood Cathmor, valiant chief!
In tears.
Like a breeze, on his soul, sorrowfully.
Came the soft voice of the maiden ; 140
Awakening the memory of the land of mountains.
Her peaceful dwelling, by the streams of the vale.
Before he had come, in his wrath.
TRANSLATION.
Like a dropping rock, in the desart, stood Cathmor,
in tears. Her voice came, a breeze, on his soul, and
waked the memory of her land ; where she dwelt by her
peaceful streams, before he came
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > Ossian Collection > Essay on the authenticity of the poems of Ossian > (351) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/78064104 |
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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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