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

33§ COMPARISON
(O ad reverse ! O fatal hour
In mangled heaps to die !)
Too mighty Erin ! to thy power,
Pale victims, here they lie."
Kennedy's edition of the poem goes on to relate, that
after the fleet of Lochlin proceeded to sea, the men, abash-
ed at the failure of their enterprize, prevailed upon Manos
to alter his course, and steer for the shore they had left, to
renew the attack upon Fingal ; which counsel proved
disastrous in the issue, Manos himself, and most of his
people, having fallen in the battle which followed their
second landing. This conclusion of the poem will best ap^
pear from the original.
'S e comhairle thug na slòigh
Ar Manos mòr na long àigh
Tighin chuig' ar an ais o'n chuas
Go maithibh sluagh Innsefàil.
Thill na laoich nan caogadaibh borb,
Bu mhor an toirm ar an tràigh.
Mar f huaim tuinne bha gach treud,
Is faram nan ceud ann ar dàil.
Chuir Fionn teachdaire gu luath
Go Manos nan ruag is nan gniomh.
" Càite bheil do mhionna mora
Fhir nach cum a choir ach cli."
Fhreagair an Triath gu fiata borb 5
Ar am biodh colg anns gach greis ?
" Fhàgas iad in deallt an f heoir
Ar an lònud siar ma dheas."
Thug sinn an sin deannal cruaidh
Mar nach fac 's nach cuala mi.
Mar theirbeirt teine na nial
Bha gach triath a sgatha sios t