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. 165
Et gramen et arbor juxta oceanum ;
Arbor quam avulsit ventus, (cum esset alms) atque eo
Ab extremo saxetorum ad planiticm. [ a ho,
Erat caeruleus cursus rivorum ex adverso,
Et aura lenta ab oceano qui erat (tranquillus) inanis.
Surrexit radius (lucis) à quercu canà ;
Erat epulum heroum super erica ;
Erat dolor super animo regis clypeorum
Ob (ducem summum) caput altum rupis fuscae bellato-
Surrexit luna lentè et languidè ; [vum,
Cecidit sopor haud parcus circa caput herouittj
Erant eorum galeae spiendentes ex adverso ;
Erat ignis amittens suas vires in clivo.
Haud erat somnus circa oculum regis ;
Surrexit ille in strepitu suae durae-armaturae,
Ejus prospectu (verso) super rupem fluctuum.
Subsedit ignis procul ex adverso,
Lunà rutilà et lentà in oriente.
Venerunt flamina deorsum ab saxeto ;
Super eorum alis erat simulacrum vicL
on tbe youths. Their blue helmets glitter to the beam;
the fading fire decays. But sleep did not rest on the king:
he rose in the midst of his arms, and slowly ascended the
hill, to behold the flame of Sarno's tower.
The flame was dim and distant ; the moon hid her red
face in the east. A blast came from the mountain, on
its wings was the spirit of Loda. He came to his place ia
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