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DRAMATIC POEMf.
The PERSONS.
Fin GAL. Mf.lilcoma,
1^ IN GAL. Mf.lilcoma, "J
HlDALLAK. DlRSAGRENA, J
Coma la. Bards.
daughters
of Morni.
Dersagrena.
TH E chafe is over. No nolfe on Ardven
but the torrent's roar ! Daughter of
A'lorni, come from Cona's banks. Lay down the
bow and take the harp. Let the night come on
■with fongs, and our joy be great on Ardven.
Melilcoma.
f Thi? poem is valuable on account of the light it
ilirows on the antiquity of OfTun's compofitions. The
Caracul mentioned here is the fame with Caracalla the
fon of Scverus, who in the year 211 commanded an ex-
pedition againft the Caledonians. — The variety of the
meafure fliews that the poem was originally fet 10 mufic,
and perhaps prefented before the chiefs upon folenm oc-
cafions. — Tradition has lianded down the llory more com-
plete than it is in the poem. — " Comala, the daughter of
Sarno king of Iniltore or Orkney illands, fdl in love
with