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

250 COMPARISON
Bratach Fhearghais òig mo bhràthar,
Agus bratach gach àrd cheannaird
Bh' anns na cathanaibh san àm sin (f).
Do labhair Fionn flath nan cuach (,/*),
44 Mor an call duinn bhi nar tosd,
Gun chath fuilteach làidir searbh
Tho'irt do righ Lochlain nan calg sean Qj-),
" Seachd altramain an Lochain lain,"
Se labhair Goll gun fhàs cheilg (&),
M Ge mòr an dòigh as an sluagh,
Buidhni mise buaidh am feirg (*)."
Thu'irt ant Oscar bu mhòr brìgh (ye),
44 Coisgear learn righ Innsetoir (/)•"
An sin labhair Conal aris,
" Diongamsa righ Innse-con (/»)•"
44 Iarla Muthan * mòr nan long («),"
Labhair Diarmad donn nan con (o),
" Coisgi mi ge mòr a theuchd (^>),
No tuiti mi fein ar a shon (?)•"
Se'n roghain a ghabh mi fein (r),
Ged tha mi gun trèine nochd,
Righ Tearman nan còrag teann
on the wind. It was studded with gold above, as the blue
wide shell of the nightly sky. Each hero had his standard
too ; and each his gloomy men !
(f) Kenn. p. 17. st 2, 4. (/) Ld. Bannat. Err. p. G. st. 3.
(g) Gen. M'Kay, Po. IV. st. 21 . (/>) Mr. M'Donald, StafFa, p. 20. *t. 5,
(0 Mr. M'Farl. p. 11. st. 3. (/<) Gen. M'Kay, Po. IV. st. 24.
(/) Mr. Male. M'Don. p. 10. st. 28. (»,) Mr. M'Don. StafFa, p. 20. 1. st.
(«) Kenn. Coll. I. p. 17. st. 2. & Mr. M'Farlane, p. 1 1.
('0 Mr. M'Don. StafFa, p. 21. st. 1. (/<) M'Farl. p. 11. st. 4.
(?) Mr. M'Don. Staffa, p. 21. st. 1. {r) Gen. M'Kay, Po. IV. st. 25
* S,ee Note IV.