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

25S COMPARISON
Is thug iad gu spàirn an dà laoch (^).
Talamh agus clacha from
Ag osparnaich fo bhonn an cos (r),
Croinn draighnich an ear 's an iar ;
'S ann linne bu chian an cath (7).
Leag Fionn righ Lochlain an àigh
Am fianais chàich ar an raon,
Is airsan ge nach|| b'onair righ, \\ger am
Chuirthe ceangal nan tri chaol (t).
* *
'S binn guth duthuin || a tir an oir, ]| dhuin
'S binn a coill a chanas na heoin ;
'S breagh am faghar a nith ghaoth,
'S binn guth laoigh 's e gairm a beinn ;
Is || breagh an dearla nith ghrian, || Nach _
'S gur binn o 'n iar guth an loin.
*' Cha leas || cadal [ar] Fionn gu moch Coil les
'N am leigeil nan con re fiadh."
Shuidh Fionn fein agus Bran
Ar ant shrath a bha fu 'nt shliabh,
Shuidh gach fèinn again ar torn seilg
Gus an d'eirigh sgeilg na fiadh.
Leig sinn ar tri mile cu
Bu mhor lùgh is bu gharg,
Is mharbh gach cu dhiubh dà fhiadh
broken, from their helmets. They fling their weapons
down. Each rushes to his hero's grasp : their sinewy
arms bend round each other : they turn from side to side,
and strain and stretch their large spreading limbs below.
But when the pride of their strength arose, they shook, the
hill with their heels. Rocks tumble from their places on
high ; the green-headed bushes are overturned. At length
(?) Mr. M'Don. Staffa, p. z%. st. 5. (r) Gen. M'Kay, st. 37.
(.<) M'Farl. p. iz. st. 5. (t) Gen. M'Kay, st. 38.