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114 DIALOGUE.
my father and my mother 1 my sorrow ! my wan-
hope ! ye are slain !
My sorrow ! my union and my welcome ! my
sorrow ! my health at all times ! my sorrow ! my
sweetness and my solace ! my doleful mourning !
ye are weakly !
My woe ! my spear and my sword ! my woe !
my mildness and my love I my woe ! my country
and my dwelling 1 my woe ! ye return not to ^
meet me ! '
My woe ! my bay and my harbour ! my woe !
my wealth and my happiness ! my woe ! my
majesty and my kingdom ! my woe ! ye are
weakly each day for ever ! |
My woe ! my all in prosperity ! my woe ! my
reliance in action 1 my woe ! my assembling of j
hosts ! my woe ! my three great lions ! I
My woe ! my gaming and my drinking ! my
woe ! my music and my delight ! my woe ! my
summer-house and my attendants ! my woe ! and
my cause of strife for ever !
Alas 1 my hunting and my venison ! alas ! my
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Poems of Oisin, bard of Erin
Description"The battle of Ventry Harbour," &c. From the Irish by John Hawkins Simpson.
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DescriptionSelected 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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