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CARRIC-THURA. 221
Streamy Lotha ! I will remember them with tears, and
my secret song shall rise ; when the wind is in the
groves of Tora, when the stream is roaring near.
Then shall they, come on my soul, with all their lovely
grief!
Three days feasted the kings : on the fourth their
white sails arose. The winds of the north drove Fin-
gal to Morven's woody land. But the spirit of Loda
sat in his cloud behind the ships of Frothal. He hung
forward with all his blasts, and spread the white-bo-
somed sails. The wounds of his form were not for-
gotten ! he still feared the hand of the king !
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Poems of Ossian
DescriptionTranslated by James Macpherson ; to which are prefixed a preliminary discourse and dissertation on the aera and poems of Ossian.
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Ossian Collection
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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