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A P O E M. 223
of Lutha, is the flying beam ? Dwells there peace at Col-amon,
round bright Colna-dona of harps ? "
By Col-amon of ftrcams, faid the youth, bright Colna-doaa
dwelt. She dwelt j but her courfe is now in defarts, with the
fon of the king ; he that feized her foul as it wandered thro' the
hall.
Stranger of «:ales, faid Tofcar, haft thou marked the warrior's
courfe ? He muft fall, — give thou that bofly fliield ! — In wrath he
took the fhield. Fair behind it rofe the breafts of a maid, white
as the bofom of a fwan, trembling on fwift-rolling waves. It was
Colna-dona of harps, the daughter of the king.— Her blue eyes
had rolled on Tofcar, and her love arofe.
A D V E R"
of Lutha, is the flying beam ? Dwells there peace at Col-amon,
round bright Colna-dona of harps ? "
By Col-amon of ftrcams, faid the youth, bright Colna-doaa
dwelt. She dwelt j but her courfe is now in defarts, with the
fon of the king ; he that feized her foul as it wandered thro' the
hall.
Stranger of «:ales, faid Tofcar, haft thou marked the warrior's
courfe ? He muft fall, — give thou that bofly fliield ! — In wrath he
took the fhield. Fair behind it rofe the breafts of a maid, white
as the bofom of a fwan, trembling on fwift-rolling waves. It was
Colna-dona of harps, the daughter of the king.— Her blue eyes
had rolled on Tofcar, and her love arofe.
A D V E R"
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > Ossian Collection > Temora, an ancient epic poem, in eight books > (235) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/82196119 |
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| Description | Together with several other poems, composed by Ossian, the son of Fingal. / Translated from the Galic language, by James Macpherson.. |
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| Shelfmark | Oss.8(1) |
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| Description | Selected books from the Ossian Collection of 327 volumes, originally assembled by J. Norman Methven of Perth. Different editions and translations of James MacPherson's epic poem 'Ossian', some with a map of the 'Kingdom of Connor'. Also secondary material relating to Ossianic poetry and the Ossian controversy. |
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| Description | Selected items from five 'Special and Named Printed Collections'. Includes books in Gaelic and other Celtic languages, works about the Gaels, their languages, literature, culture and history. |
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