Ossian Collection > Report of the Committee of the Highland Society of Scotland, appointed to inquire into the nature and authenticity of the poems of Ossian

CARRICTHURA. 163
Surrexit niatutinus (radius) elucens ex oriente ;
Erat caeruleus super aequore fluctus.
Vocavit rex sua vela ad (malum) arborem :
Venit ventus hue ab praecipitio ;
Surrexit Innistorca lentè,
Et Carricthura dux undarum.
Erant signa maleficii in alto,
Ignis coecus et ejus latus in fumo.
Percussit rex suum pectus è vestigio ;
Sine mora fuit ejus crassa hasta ab ejus tergo ;
Vidit ille sine vi ventum ;
Erant ejus crines super ejus tergo certantes ;
Non erat silentium regis vanum.
Cecidit nox super Rotham undarum ;
Cepit portus tumulorum navem ;
Erat rupes circa extremum oceani ;
Inclinabatur silva super sonitum fluctuum.
Super culmine erat circus formae Lodinis,
Et saxa magna plurimarum virtutum ;
Super (piano) humili erat campus sine magnitudine,
darkened brow bends forward to the coast : he looks back
to the lagging winds. Hiss hair is disordered on his back.
The silence of the king is terrible !
Night came down on the sea ; Rotha's bay received the
ship. A rock bends along the coast with all its echoing
wood. On the top is the circle of Loda, the mossy stone
of power ! A narrow plain spreads beneath, covered wi h
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